Best place for tire brand advice?

[Dakotaboy]

If the OP is not in a must buy immediately situation, I would recommend researching your tire size on the various tire manufacturer’s websites. For example, for my car there are 5 or 6 different Goodyear tires and 4 or 5 different Michelin tires that will fit. You can compare several tires (usually 3) side-by-side for each brand and get a sense of the price, expected mileage and conditional focus (quietness, wet traction, snow traction, expected tread life, etc.). Also, you may be able to contact someone via the website to recommend 1 or 2 tires for your particular car, then compare just those recommendations against each other. Personally, I’ve always been a fan of Goodyear, but any major brand should be fine. Firestone had quality control issues about 10 years ago, but I would assume they’ve got those fixed by now. Bottom line, the point has already been made above, but selecting tires bases solely on price is a bad idea. Tires are a significant part of your suspension system (generally speaking, the smaller the aspect ratio - 40 series vs. 60 series), the harder the ride is going to be and the more likely you are to have wheel and/or tire damage from pot holes, not to mention the safety aspect; after all, your tires are “where the rubber meets the road.”