As a 10 year Continental user and the DWS old version was a tire of choice on my lowered 2009 Honda Fit. I thought I would get the DWS06.( Since you are a BMW alignment guy .... on my new lowered 2 inches with no bump steer, but a bad roll center, working on that now, everything has be custom on this car, have to make my own kit. The car was design by X BMW engineers and the suspension from X Audi engineers, basically a copy of a Golf R suspension ) Hyundai 2018 Kona AWD 1.6T as my winter tire here in Minnesota. I sport drive all year long, so sipped winter tires are a no no for sport driving. Since I bought a new car and I had to get rid of the OEM Goodyear A/S that were greasy in snow I opted for the DWS06. I had such flat spotting from sitting the night (late fall Minnesota)problems that I never had on my Fit with the old style DWS. Discount Tire went through the balancing routine and we even switched to a new set of 06 and still an issue. The manager suggested DT house Continental A/S that he thought was far better then the softer DWS06.
https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/continental-control-contact-sport-a-s
They were far better with almost zero flat spotting, the sidewall was stiffer so I had better handling then the soft DWS06 that would roll over the sidewall. I always run higher pressure 38 cold, since I can't stand sidewall roll over. Those are my winter tire. I was going to go with the Michelins that you are looking at, but the manager at my store who knows his smit on high perf tire said you may not like them in the snow, he has had too many people want to switch back out of them right away. He thought the Conti A/S would fit both my needs better.
Then after that first winter I wanted summer rims that were 1 inch wider, but after just buying a set of winter A/S new tires 3 months earlier and now buying 5 rims(in case of curbing) and another set of tires, I went the cheaper route on tires and bought the General G-Max 05 (Egg Head posted a picture in an above post). Now I don't know if the 1 inch wider rim helped and the less unsprung weight, but the G-Max 05 A/S are by far better feeling tire then even "better" handling tire then the Conti DT exclusive A/S. We are talking by a large margin. There is no way I could come into a common exit ramp loop down drop radius at 100 mph with massive braking and throw it into the loop with the Conti A/S that you can with the G-Max-05 A/S. And General is owned by Continental too. Here is a picture of my car so far, I wanted it lower in the rear but I tow a small boat so I have to have some travel in the rear for that added weight. I have to compromise on it, it is my daily driver too.
I have 7/32 on the Generals now and I don't think they are loud. I was going to get the same Michelin's as you picked for my summer tire since I like good tires in the rain, but the $$ was another $350. I wanted the money for other stuff. So the Generals are good for now. I am looking into Vredestein Voltis for autoX and they are a lower price like the Generals, but they don't make my size anymore. I would have to go from a 235/45 18 to a 245/40 18 and the Vredestein Voltis is another 3 pounds more in weight and their width is the widest of any same size tire. I may just keep the Generals since that perform so well for a A/S tire slamming corners for the money. I just don't want to chunk them if I auto X.
https://www.hyundaikonaforum.com/showcase/2018-kona-awd-1-6t-lowered.1162/
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