Falken or Cooper???

[smocan]

Basically, i have good deals on some FALKEN ZE512's and COPPER ZEON 2XS's... from what i've read, the falkens seem to be overall better but the coppers are cheaper. Does anyone have these tires or experience with them? Pros and cons. This might be a dumb question but i've looked around and not seen a clear choice, i'm not a tire guy..... thanks

[Jim Clark]

The Falkens are very good, had them on an Audi allroad. Good dry/wet handling and did fine in the occassional light snow we get here. Ride comfort is good anf they are not noisy. A very good tire at a reasonable price.

Another highly rated inexpensive A/S tire is the General Exclaim UHP. Tire Rack incorrectly lists them in the Ultra High Performance Summer category (#1 rated) but the ARE an A/S. They would not be good in anything but occassional vey light snow.

If you drive much in the snow, you should probably have separate summer/winter setups. For A/S tires, the Continental ContiExtreme Contact is the best for snow.