Better traction through the snow

Tires perform well on my 1998 TransAm. Cornering is precise and tires are quiet at speed. I have not been able to test them in wet weather yet but I am hopeful they will meet my expectations. My only negative about the tire is the sidewall design; specifically where the tread fades into the sidewall. This part of the tire looks like it should be on an off-road vehicle not a a performance car. I have the previous version of this tire on my 2002 TransAm and the aestheric portion of the design is much more appropriate than the newer iteration of the same tire. Overall, I am still very pleased with these tires.

This review comes 3 months into owning these tires. 225 front, 255 rear. Of the premium tires I have owned over 15 years, these are hands down the best on wet roads. Even under semi aggressive steering and highway speeds, they preformed beyond my expectations. I live in the Southern US and can only speak for performance in torrential downpours. No first hand feedback for reliability on snow.

The tread design of these tires make them particularly pleasant in a front wheel drive car. Linear tread designs have a tendency to pull a front wheel drive car off line, even when the wheels are perfectly balanced and aligned, which results in a persistent straight-line steering effort. The design of the tread in the Comp-2 A/S, on the other hand, results in a neutral feel, with the car both resisting straight-line drift *and* giving a very good sense of going precisely where you point. I will add that they seem to be pressure sensitive. My car is fairly heavy, and I experimented a bit with psi. There is a balance between grip, steering lightness, and noise that I think is ultimately personal, but I found a slightly higher pressure to be ideal for my daily driving. Overall, I've found the tire remarkably confident in both wet and dry conditions, smooth rolling, and reasonably quiet. Indeed, I can't think of another tire I've had that met these three criteria better.

All four of these tires are out of round after just 10k miles or so. Cannot balance even with tons of weight. I confirmed it's a tire issue by installing these tire on two sets of wheels, both sets of wheels yielded the same results on two separate balancers at two shops as well.

Purchased my 3rd set of these tires. First set was actually the g-Force Comp, 2nd sets were the g-Force Comp2 sets. Both sets lasted abut the same amount of mileage. Purchased this last set on 8/23/18 with an install mileage of 143,980, and today I ordered another set of tires. Current date is 4/15/23 with mileage of 180,567. I drive about 10,000 miles a year on my Mustang. So I drove 36,587 on these tires, about 80% of the 45k mileage warranty. They have been rotated every 6 months or 5k miles whichever came first. They are all at 1/32 or 0/32 left on the tire. They are great tires when they are new, the first thing they loose is the grip on wet weather. I would spin rear tires, when trying to go from a stop sign, until they grabbed the pavement. Not a fast acceleration, just normal. This happens about 20k miles into the tire. I over all like the tire, but after the 3rd set, and all only getting about 80% of the mileage warranty, I am going to try another brand. Those tires come in Wednesday.

I purchased this tire for my 2014 Scion FR-S after reviewing Consumer Reports. It is listed as an ultra high performance all-season tire and it really delivered in the snow. I did not want to own two sets of tires and the FR-S is my daily driver. They performed well on a snowy day, the bottom of the car was brushing against the unplowed road. In the summer they offer great grip and the sidewalls have really good stability. The sidewall of the tire looks different but it does to give stiffness to prevent blowout on low profile.

I have put about 15,000 miles on these tires. Yes they are a sport tire and expect a bit of noise. With all of the information out there do your research. I have so much driving confidence in these for dry and heavy rain conditions. I have not experienced any snow driving since they were purchased in June. I still have 7/32mm of tread left. Rotate your tires every 6,000 miles for maximum tread life.

I put about 18k miles on mine before the centers are dangerously worn to be driving in winter and always made sure to inflate to manufacture specs but at very disappointed. Claiming all season is ridiculous since you can MAYBE get 1-2 safe winters out of these. After that I have been slipping around on a dusting of snow. Performance beyond that were good in the other seasons and cornered like a champ