Hijacking this thread, the Michelin P185/65/R15 on my SW2 shows multiple cracks on sidewall and are due to their age. I knew that before I put it in hibernation. My bad.
My Options are
A) Do nothing and wait until a disaster happens (nah, not really)
B) I still have in my basement another set of all season mounted on steel rims from previous 1995 Saturn SW1, those Michelin are dated 27
01 27th week (2001) but being P195/60R14, circumference is 5.4 % smaller than 15" on SW2 ... and they will need hubcaps. I guess the % error is too big ?
C) I'm tempted by
Yokohama Avid Ascend GT P185/65R15, 88H, 740-A-A, 12/32" thread, 110,000 kms
https://tire.yokohama.ca/public/img/tires/146/bulletin_en.pdfI'm looking for "touring" tires to match the SW2 character: good grip either dry or wet, silent on highway and long thread life. They will be only 3 season use, I have a complete set of Michelin X-ice 3 on another 15" but (rusty) rims set if ever I would need to run with next winter.
Any experience / comment about these Yokohama Avid Ascend GT ? I have read good comments about them online, pricing seem reasonable too..
Thanks
ps: For good figure, I added a picture of my first Saturn SW1 (SOHC) bought new as a demo in 1995, colour was green forest, the extra 14" rim/tire set came from that one.