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I’m checking with the experts to back up my findings that no all season tires are available for my 2020 C4S.
I’m in SE Massachusetts and I drive year round. The Alpins are fine for the winter but in March I’m heading to The Deal’s Gap area and I’m probably too warm for the Alpins and too cold for my summer tires.
‘Anyone have tire suggestions for my situation? A good all season tire would cover me in my mild winter and let me run free in 70 degrees.
Thanks!
I’m checking with the experts to back up my findings that no all season tires are available for my 2020 C4S.
I’m in SE Massachusetts and I drive year round. The Alpins are fine for the winter but in March I’m heading to The Deal’s Gap area and I’m probably too warm for the Alpins and too cold for my summer tires.
‘Anyone have tire suggestions for my situation? A good all season tire would cover me in my mild winter and let me run free in 70 degrees.
Thanks!
I would just slap on a set of PA5 N spec. They're not "winter tires" per se, more like cold weather performance tires which can be driven in the snow. They won't melt away like Blizzaks or Nokians if you don't drive half the year on them in warm temperatures.
Deals Gap, NC in March is 95% fine for your summer tires. You will see High Temperatures range from High 50s to Mid 60s depending on early to late March. The only concern is early morning if you have parked outside overnight. Then you just need to take it easy until you tires warm up a bit......
Deals Gap Average Temperatures - MARCH
I run Summer Tires year round and live a couple hours east of Deals Gap, NC. Mid March onwards is usually good driving weather.
You can always get non-Porsche spec Michelin Pilot Sport AS4 in 255//35/20 and 315/30/21. Speed rating will be a slight mismatch (V vs Y) but should work fine and I believe there's a few 992 owners here on the forums that run these already. The V speed rating for the rears will limit you to 149mph so you just won't be able to run from the cops as effectively.
You can always get non-Porsche spec Michelin Pilot Sport AS4 in 255//35/20 and 315/30/21. Speed rating will be a slight mismatch (V vs Y) but should work fine and I believe there's a few 992 owners here on the forums that run these already. The V speed rating for the rears will limit you to 149mph so you just won't be able to run from the cops as effectively.
Why 255/35/R20 for the front instead of 245/35/R20? I ask because I just bought Michelin Pilot Sport AS4 tires for my 2024 Carrera T, and just matched the size that it came with. But for the rears I had to move up to 315/30/R21.
Why 255/35/R20 for the front instead of 245/35/R20? I ask because I just bought Michelin Pilot Sport AS4 tires for my 2024 Carrera T, and just matched the size that it came with. But for the rears I had to move up to 315/30/R21.
That works too. I was just going by what was available on discount tire's website the last time I checked sizes.
If anything, it looks like the 255 size is a few bucks cheaper than 245 while also offering marginally better rim protection from curb damage.
Ok got it. I maybe overanalyzed in trying to figure out the closest I could get to the OEM sizes, since I couldn't find an all season tire that matched for the back tires. Then with your comment I wondered if I should have gone up in size on the fronts to match the increase on the back
01-29-2024, 11:01 AM
No tires available for shoulder seasons
