Tires for 2003 S60

If they have that size, Hankook makes a very good all-season tire that's reasonably priced. We got the higher-rated version for about $65 per tire. They also make a less expensive version with which I have no experience, but I imagine it would be adequate for your needs. Goodyear

HTH, Joerg from Switzerland

BTW: The delivery of my V70 D5 was with Pirellis but were changed to Michelins on my request. The snow tyres are Michelins Alpins as well.

Take a look at Yokohama tires. Excellent ride and milage at a reasonable price. Look at the Avid and AS430 series.

I have always used Michelin's on my volvos...but, my local volvo mech swears by the toyo's and talked me into a set on my 00 s80 this last timw....so, we did a set for $400 ve the $1,200 for Michelin's.......So far they seem fine....I am only getting around 20-30k miles off of a set....not like the "old days" ( 70's - 80's ) where I could get 100k miles out of a set of Michelin's.....The tyres today do not last nearly as long as in the past...I wonder why??....hummmm.....

With my 225hp Volvo 850 T5 Autom. I got 55K miles and had another couple of millimeters left. Todays car weigh 4000-5000 lbs and have 200 hp+. Think about it.

Joerg

The original poster asked for suggestions for quality *inexpensive* tires for tame, local driving in a mild climate. Let's not lose sight of that. I stick by my suggestion regarding Hankook tires.

Inexpensive is not simply the purchase price:

Cost/mile ist the key!

Joerg

You are assuming that the Hankook tires wear out quickly. They don't. We have been using them for years, now, and they wear as well as the Goodyears we bought before the "outsourcing." In "cost per mile" these Korean tires vastly outperform your overpriced tires, and they do it while handling well and not making much noise. Indulge your fetish if you like, but don't present it as common sense. BTW, my Civic Si came with Michelins on it from the factory, and they were crap - they all either went flat or broke belts. I had to replace them all with Bridgestones.

what did the civic weigh?

It is an '86, so not much over 2000lbs. Not exactly a good recommendation for the Michelins! If you are thinking I put the Hankooks on that, the answer is "no." We used them on our hefty Volvo 240, and put a set on our even heavier Camry wagon last year. They are good, reliable tires, at a good price, from a country (S. Korea) that has unions and labor standards.

In your dry and slow environment you may be staisfied with the Korean brand. In Europe these tiyres have no market share.

The difficult weather conditions and the fast traffic in Central Europe require more performant tyres.

Joerg

I had a Maxima with Bridgestone Potenzas that lasted for 60k miles with very uniform wear and were unbelieveable in rain. I drove them for long distances at very high speed and cornered hard and was pleased with the handling, uniform tread wear and useful life. I have michelins on my 850 Wagon but it doesn't get driven like the maxima. If you have heavy rains a deep rain groove is a must and sometimes you have to go to a performance tire to get the better tread design.

We only buy all-season tires with an agressive tgread pattern, so we can use them with snows in the Winter. The Hankooks have one, and are fine in rain.