their r compound tires are good, but i remember the first variants had troubles getting 'greasy' on hot days.

 

Ventus RS-2's

 

Dunlop SP Sport

 

this list is bought and paid for.
From a person who actually Tours on tires in wet AND dry conditions in the mountains...

i will revamp that list. each tire is under $230 in 225/40ZR18

1. Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 92Y load rating- I run these as we speak.
2. Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 92Y- this tire is only in second because its umatched in WET performance. I know, ive used them.
3. Bridgestone Potenza S-03 (im not sure why RE050 was even included)
4. Continental ContiSport Contact 2 TIED Falken Azenis rt215 AND rt615
5. Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 TIED 5. Toyo Proxes T1R
6. Toyo PRoxy T1S
7. Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212
8. Dunlop SP Sport Maxx
9. Pirelli P Zero Rosso Asimmetrico
10. BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW

11. Kumho Ecsta MX - this tire should even be IN THIS LIST.

 

RT-615.

 

Well seeing how the origional poster asked for tire for his car... I think by now even those who dont know Jim know he has a Civic. All the tires on that list are almost not worth considering!!! They either SUCK or dont come in any usable sizes for any of the Civic's. So for low powered lighter weight cars look at three tires. 1) Falken RT-615, 2) Kumho MX, 3)Hankook RS2. The list of these three are based on the results from the SCCA's Solo2 STS class. This class has to run "Street" tires with a wear rating no less than 160. The MX has won the last 3 years, the new RT615 was right there this year, and the Hankook is still being worked out. So for a Civic those are the only three tires to even consider for the best preformance based street tire...

 

Kumho Exsta MX
Michelin Pilot Sport 2

Save some money, still have a great tire:
Kumho Exsta SPT (what I have now)
320 Treadwear, Traction AA, Temp A

 

Late to the thread but I got 12k street miles, 6-8 track days, 4-5 autocrosses, and a night of drag racing out of a set of 205-50-15 Ecsta MX's. Sure they're noisy but they're cheap and sticky as hell and decent in rain. I'll be buying another set for my next fun car. That, or the RT-615

Jon

 

After today, you should get some rotas with some slicks and call it a day.

 

His Paradas were doing pretty well if you ask me, they just needed to be sprayed down after passes to keep them from getting too greasey. Jimmy did quite a good job out there I might add, and the car feels great.

If it was me, I'd get a set of MX's or RT-615's. Its IMPOSSIBLE to go wrong with either of those selections. Get either of those, and you'll LOVE them. If you don't, I'll buy em from you and you can go buy something else, but that won't be the case.

-Andy