Hello,

Just sharing my tire purchase with the forum...

I recently put on some new tires on my T5 V50 with the 17" wheels that come on the sport package.

Needless to say, the Michelins that came stock with the car were terrible (road noise, cupping even though I had them rotated often, harsh compound...), so I was determined to spend a bit of time looking for a better tire.

I was tired of hearing our Southern California freeways under the wheels, so I opted to go to a slightly larger tire at 215/50R-17 (Note stock is 205/50R-17) to help with the road noise and give a slightly wider tread. New sized tires fit fine within the wheel well and look great on the car.

After much research, I ended up with the Goodyear F1 Eagle All Season tires which here in SoCal, I purchased the set, mounted and balanced +tax from Discount Tire for about $840 USD. Here is a link to Tirerack which between discount tire and tire rack, gives plenty of reviews to support the tire.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?ti...e+F1+All+Season

So far, have put about 500mi. on the tires and am very happy with them. At freeway speeds (and higher), the car is very stable and tracks well in the lanes. No drifting side-to-side in the anti hydroplane grooves. Cornering is solid as well. Since it has not rained yet, I cannot say how they will do yet, but based on the reviews, I am not concerned.

Hope this has helped for anyone looking at new tires these days.