[Smike]

Back in March 2023 before I took delivery of my S, this is the comparison tires offered by Tire Rack. Based on the reviews and performance comparisons, the Geolandar X-CV looked like a good tire for my car, and it looks like things haven't changed in the Tire Rack ratings department. Does anyone have anything bad to say about the Geolandar X-CV? I'm probably still a year from needing new tires, so I'm just curious.

Those ratings are from consumers not their "test" track. "Test" because its mostly for marketing, but they do test against other products and that gives a better performance comparison.

Not apples to apples to a DWS06 Plus. Touring all-season vs. UHP all-season. The DWS06 Plus will be better in wet, handling, dry...trade off for wear and some pattern noise.

So it depends on what you want and how you drive.

 

[LogCabinTom]

Very true! Like many others, I have used Tire Rack for decades. I normally start with the ratings and then call someone at Tire Rack to discuss the tires. Maybe I have been lucky, but the salesperson has frequently driven the highly ranked tires on their test track and given me great input, and both the ratings and the salesperson have never let me down. The Yokohomas have 173 ratings with 132 reviews, all 4 or 5 out of 5 rated, including 12 Porsches, 4 BMWs, and 27 Audis. That seems like a pretty good cross section of drivers with probably most of them haven driven their cars on other tires. Yes, they are not UHP tires, but I was curious if anyone had anything bad to say about them because none of the reviewers did. Heck, if I'm going to take a Porsche on the track, like I have done for more than 20 years at a Club event, I still prefer my 1989 944 S2. Despite their squeal around turns, I have been pleasantly surprised by the OEM Michelins because the TR salesman laughed when he heard Porsche was going to put those tires on my car. At the time, he said the Yokohomas would be a much better tire based on his personal track driving experience and customer ratings. I'm still probably a year away from getting serious about new tires, but I enjoy the conversation.

 

[BaldyGSripper]

Well, FWIW, here is the "official" answer to my query from Continental:

"Mixing speed ratings on a performance-oriented vehicle like a Porsche Macan GTS is strongly discouraged.
Different speed ratings equate to varying tire performance, impacting handling, traction, and braking.
This is an error on our website. The DWS06 Plus is not available for your vehicle."

If liability runs this country, they better correct that before someone has a tire-related accident and sues...

 

[Santirx]

Well, FWIW, here is the "official" answer to my query from Continental:

"Mixing speed ratings on a performance-oriented vehicle like a Porsche Macan GTS is strongly discouraged.
Different speed ratings equate to varying tire performance, impacting handling, traction, and braking.
This is an error on our website. The DWS06 Plus is not available for your vehicle."

If liability runs this country, they better correct that before someone has a tire-related accident and sues...

This is quite interesting. If you take the 20” and 21” size, it is amazing to see the variability in speed rating for same size wheel. For 21”, only the 265 is of different speed rating….

I wonder if for 21” one could go up a size in the front and then speed ratings would be same. Some folks have done this, going a size up.

Similarly for 20”, going to 275/40 and 305/35… then speed ratings will be same.

Wonder what would be the impact on speed… maybe about 1%?