We have used Firestone Indy 500 on my wife’s Vett. Does auto cross and daily driving very well. They are wearing nicely, and very evenly.
For the price of them, I’m happy with their performance. Sure not as ultimately quiet or dry grip of a conti ecs02 or PS4S. But at way lower price, I can live with that.
i drive 2000-2500 miles a year and a set of firestone multihawks lasted me 3 years while driving like an absolute bellend flooring it every chance i got and being hard on the brakes. for £50 a tyre i think i did quite well considering i abused tf out of them.
I'm in Canada but my summer tires are Firehawk Indy 500s and they grip really well, even in the rain. Would definitely recommend.
I live in Wisconsin, used to switch snow tires to summer tires every year on my 2x4 2008 Ford ranger, I just went to the tire shop, asked for snow tires, had the Firestone ones, and some cheap ones off tire rack, both worked fine.
I've used the weathergrip on a subaru crosstrek before and was pretty happy with them. They lasted a good while and always got me where I had to go. Not nearly as much grip as a dedicated snow tire, but they were run year round and lasted 50k miles, so it's a decent compromise.
I run Firestone Indy 500. But I only drive it in the summer. Was the best Bang for my dollar up here.
I usually go for Nankang SW-8, as they are really cheap for how good they feel.
I ran a set of NS2's years ago, they came on my B5.5 Passat. Grip wise they were acceptable in the dry, and pretty poor in the rain. Alot of my customers also ran them back then. I've never seen anything akward happen to one, no sidewall bubbles, blowouts, or failures. They aren't unsafe or bad tires, they were just always at the bottom of their category in terms of performance, refinement, grip, so I never considered buying a set. If my hands were tied in terms of availability, I would feel perfectly comfortable running Nankangs, especially on an application like a Figaro. I would go for it.
I had the Firestone Steeltex the ones before the Transforce with good tread They had less cracking than I see on yours. Drivers front blew out on the way home from vacation, 70 MPH and barely missing the concrete median. Personally I would replace them and personally I would not go with Firestone
Firestones don’t last, Michelin are worse, and Vredestein are hard to find, and replace.
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