So, the tire of choice ended up being the Michelin. I was going to wait until at least Memorial Day to see what deals there were, and run the Dunlop summers till fall. But browsing ebay last night I found more than a few vendors, including Discount Tire, that are using an Ebay tire coupon code TIRESAVINGS23 for up to 200$ off tires. It took a bit of searching, but I found all the tires in this thread minus the Vredestien listed with discounts.
Total for all 4 tires shipped OTD was 850$, I didn't think a Memorial Day or Labor Day sale would beat that so I went ahead and ordered them.
My reasoning for going with the Michelins were, DWS wore quickly, and if their snow ability is solely based on tread depth then id be better off with something else. The Bridgestone's, I really wanted to like, they have emerging sipes and according to tireracks winter testing did well on packed snow and had the shorted stopping distance on Ice. However their wet handling and especially wet braking were so far behind everyone I couldn't get over their trade off for wet vs snow grip. The Michelin appear to do everything well, maybe not the best in any class, but always 2nd. They also appear to rely on an emerging tread pattern for winter grip, so hopefully it will keep its light snow ability longer than the DWS. Ill be able to give an assessment of the tires once they are shipped and mounted. I will continue to drive my Civic Si with the DWS on it until its sold, so ill be able to compare tires, all be it on different cars.
Total for all 4 tires shipped OTD was 850$, I didn't think a Memorial Day or Labor Day sale would beat that so I went ahead and ordered them.
My reasoning for going with the Michelins were, DWS wore quickly, and if their snow ability is solely based on tread depth then id be better off with something else. The Bridgestone's, I really wanted to like, they have emerging sipes and according to tireracks winter testing did well on packed snow and had the shorted stopping distance on Ice. However their wet handling and especially wet braking were so far behind everyone I couldn't get over their trade off for wet vs snow grip. The Michelin appear to do everything well, maybe not the best in any class, but always 2nd. They also appear to rely on an emerging tread pattern for winter grip, so hopefully it will keep its light snow ability longer than the DWS. Ill be able to give an assessment of the tires once they are shipped and mounted. I will continue to drive my Civic Si with the DWS on it until its sold, so ill be able to compare tires, all be it on different cars.