goodyear stock rs-a

[viberations]

just a poll? we all no our conti contacts suck in the snow. i have a customer at work that has questions if the goodyears that come with the vibe's are great in the snow or if not what do you think would be good in the snow?? i need alot of responses for her and me. i'm triing to buy some new tires. thanks for the feedback in advance. if possiable please all the canadian members since you get alot of snow, please if you could respond to this issue.

[robdog]

I have the rsa's and I think they are crap in the snow and mediocre in the rain. I have 16K on my car and they are over half gone. I rotated them too.

[DavidPIL]

hi,I don't have the RS-A's on my Vibe but have a family member with them on her Tracer Sport. I have driven it quite a bit and found them to be just average in the snow. The first set wore decently... I think she replaced them around 40,000 with limited rotating. (maybe 3 times in the 40k miles). The current set have nearly 30K and still going strong. They're always checked for tire pressure. There seems to be a lot of vehicles with this tire on them these days. You should be able to get a good idea how they are by asking around in your locale.. also check http://www.tirerack.com through their customer feedback so you get an idea what others say.Dave

[tau166]

I know everyone think's the Contis are crap, but I definitely do not have anything good to say about the RS-As. They have very minimal traction dry, wet or snow. I find that in the winter they are especially bad for the first 10-15 minutes until they warm up a bit and soften. If I had money I'd be putting new tires and wheels on my car, but alas I'm a po' grad student. The only redeeming quality these tires seem to have is very low road noise (probably the reason they were selected).

[MadBill]

quote:what do you think would be good in the snow?? i need alot of responses for her and me. i'm triing to buy some new tires. thanks for the feedback in advance. if possiable please all the canadian members since you get alot of snow, please if you could respond to this issue.There are very detailed ratings plus user surveys for a ton of tires on the http://www.tirerack.com site, and probably several others. A real education on rubber!

[ragingfish]

The RS/As have good wear life...I have almost 19k miles, and there is minimal wear...but in terms of traction...well, there isn't any. That's about how I would describe it.