[reldridge]

(04-25-2012, 10:54 PM)Mystake Wrote: keep in mind, for the DD tire, I only need summer/rain as I have a set of goodyear nordics on 14s for winter.

The issue with going with a 'dedicated' summer tire is days like this past Monday. You still get freaky weather in Ottawa until May, meanwhile your snow tires are packed away nicely. The Envigors on the Focus didn't miss a beat, and were almost as good in the slush as the Hankook iPikes I ran all winter.

Another reason is tread life. Once you go to a summer tire, you get a softer compound, and less life. With the Engivors and the Continenal DWS, you get treadwear ratings in the 500s, where if you go with their summer tire counterparts, you get treadwear in the 300s, which then translates to 1 or two less years of usable tread, depending on driving.