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I would also consider...

 

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=Traction+T/A+H&partnum=26HR6TTA

 

I have these tires and love them.

 

The key - The number of miles reported on these vs others in the categories.  It seems that a tire can have very good ratings and make it to the #1 spot on Tirerack, but it has only a few thousand miles reported worth, compared to millions of miles on tires with similar ratings.

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Personally, I always see Generals dry rot fast...but you also have to remember I see them appear on Buicks all the time. So as long as you are going to actually drive the car a normal amount of miles ..let's say 10k a year or so, you should be able to get your money out of them. Price seems decent.

 

The BFG's are good overall. We had them on one of my parent's cars for awhile. But you are right, the snow rating isn't all that good.

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It's going to be going on the grand prix which is my daily. I want something that is a good all season tire, although I would rather run a dedicated snow tire, the money isn't there.

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The snow rating isn't that great because it's a High Performance All Season. It's just a trait of performance tires. If you don't want performance, then go with more standard tires like what you listed.

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It's going to be going on the grand prix which is my daily. I want something that is a good all season tire, although I would rather run a dedicated snow tire, the money isn't there.

 

I'm in the same exact boat.  I want something that will do decent in the snow without being dedicated snow tires.  Finding a quality compromise is rather difficult.  I had narrowed my search down to these 2:

 

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?sidewall=Blackwall&tireMake=Bridgestone&tireModel=Potenza+G+019+Grid

 

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Goodyear&tireModel=Eagle+GT

 

.....that is, until you brought up the other tires you're looking at. Those ranked even better in all categories. But as was mentioned, they don't seem to be time-tested, yet. Still, I really like the looks of the sidewall and tread, price is good, and so are the reviews. I think I'm just going to end up buying those instead.

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