The ProContact TX that come on the Maverick are good as well. I was thinking maybe one of the others will cut down on road noise.
Yes, the stock tire on my XL is a Continental ProContact TX
Ok, Sorry didn't realize that. How about General Altimax RT 43's?
I have the rt 43's on my rav4 right now. They are kinda noisy in my opinion, but have excellent traction in heavy rain and even light snow.
I think I'm leaning towards those. CrossClimate2 looks pretty interesting though.
I was also thinking about the defender ltx m/s as an option. Slightly lower millage rating, but offers more size options.
Look at your particular model of Continental Contact tire for it's specs. There are approximately 35-40 "models" of those tires. I cannot remember details of what I have read but the Continental ProContact TX I think has 9-10/32" tread and 560 wear rating and warranty of 60k miles (check it). The Continental Control Contact Tour A/S Plus I have on my Honda CR-V (exclusive model for discount tire having some different specs or whatever) has 11/32 tread and 700-800 wear rating with 80k mile warranty. These are great tires but need to be rotated at 4-4.5k miles as they start to make more noise (at least on my CR-V) at 5-6k miles. I expect the contact TX tires will have a rubber compound with lower rolling resistance but all tires being made today verses those made couple years ago are that way. In part because less natural rubber is available due to the increased demand to make billions of masks!
I'm planning on getting them this fall. I've been using wrg4's as my winter tires for years on my old car. I know these will be excellent but will be interesting to compare. I live in WI tho. I think they are totally overkill for FL. Performance in the rain will probably need to be your most important consideration. Granted the CC2 is supposed to be great there but the FL heat will wear on them if you use them year round.
Yeah the CC2 has great rain performance, stopping distance and quiet. But I know the tread life is a concern.
