Goodyear Eagle Sport A/S - 205/50R17/XL 93V Tire

Tires always come with trade offs. There are two ways to achieve desired attributes: tread pattern and tire composition. Aggressive treads like this one are grippier and can usually handle adverse weather, but are noisier than a less aggressive tread. Harder compounds (this one is slightly on the firm side) lose some traction and give a harsher ride, but increase tread life and durability. There are grippier fair weather tires to be sure, such as the F1 series, and grippier dedicated tires for ice and snow. However it's difficult to find a great all-around, all weather tire that has a high speed rating, is responsive, provides great wet traction and at least moderate to good snow and ice. Third set of Eagle Sport GT's that I have purchased. Dry weather grip is well above average. Wet weather is outstanding, and for a V/Z speed rated tire the winter grip is amazing. Only non-winter tire I've ever had grip wet ice. Aggressive driving usually nets me 35,000+ miles a set with rotations.