New tires that won't hydroplane for 2012 4.6 -- anyone try Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 Plus?

[mtrot]

My wife drives our 2012 4.6 and complains about hydroplaning. The current tires actually appear to have about 40-50% of tread remaining. From my research so far, these "ultra high performance all-season" Continentals may offer more resistance to hydroplaning than the available "grand touring" tires. Has anyone tried them? Also open to any other experience or recommendations.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=ExtremeContact+DWS+06+Plus&partnum=35WR8DWS06P&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&autoMake=Hyundai&autoYear=2012&autoModel=Genesis Sedan&autoModClar=4.6

co_extremecontact_dws_06_plus_full by MDTshots, on Flickr

 

[Alfer]

I used these on our 2009 Genesis and they did quite well. I believe they are pretty highly regarded online as well.

 

[fourthirteen]

I have them on my G80 and I really like them.

 

[jep604]

I use the Pure Contact from Continental and am on third set. If your tread wear is down to 40-50 % then she is correct. You can the D-W-S on the tread which stands for "Dry-Wet-Snow".

 

[steveinarizona]

of the tires rated by Consumer Reports, the highest all season tire rating for hydroplaning was the BF Goodrich Advantage Control All Season. It also rated fairly highly overall but the highest overall rating went to the Michelin Defender T+H. But CR did not review the Continental Extreme Contact. It did review the Continental True Contact Tour which it rated highly as well but not as good on wet braking.

But, and a big but, CR did not review a lot of All Season tires.

 

[mtrot]

I use the Pure Contact from Continental and am on third set. If your tread wear is down to 40-50 % then she is correct. You can the D-W-S on the tread which stands for "Dry-Wet-Snow".

Yeah, maybe the problem is just not enough tread left. I really like Continental(have the CrossContact LX 25 on my Buick Enclave). But Continental has so many slightly different touring tires that it's hard to know which one is the best choice.

 

[mtrot]

of the tires rated by Consumer Reports, the highest all season tire rating for hydroplaning was the BF Goodrich Advantage Control All Season. It also rated fairly highly overall but the highest overall rating went to the Michelin Defender T+H. But CR did not review the Continental Extreme Contact. It did review the Continental True Contact Tour which it rated highly as well but not as good on wet braking.

But, and a big but, CR did not review a lot of All Season tires.

Thanks, it turns out that that Defender T+H is not available in the tire size for our Genesis, although the Defender2 is. Also, it is an 80,000 mile rated tire, which means the rubber has to be hard. My mom has Defenders on her Chrysler Town and Country and they ride hard. In my experience, Michelin tires are good but ride hard as a rock. We don't put many miles at all on the Genesis, so I don't care much about a tire's mileage rating. I'll check out the BF G. Advantage Control.

 

[Alfer]

Consumer Reports DID review the DWS 06 and they were rated: "This Continental ultra-high-performance all-season tire delivers excellent dry braking performance and hydroplane resistance in CR's tests."

Rating score: 70 out of 100.

Unfortunately this new forum isn't allowing us to insert images from our computers or I'd post screencap of the rating breakdown.

 

[mtrot]

Consumer Reports DID review the DWS 06 and they were rated: "This Continental ultra-high-performance all-season tire delivers excellent dry braking performance and hydroplane resistance in CR's tests."

Rating score: 70 out of 100.

Unfortunately this new forum isn't allowing us to insert images from our computers or I'd post screencap of the rating breakdown.

Thanks much. Hmm, 70 out of 100. I wonder what, if any, tires rated over 70.

 

[Alfer]

Per CR:

Best Car Tires of 2024:
Michelin Defender T+H: This tire delivers good dry braking and handling performance, resistance to hydroplaning, and snow traction. Plus, its projected tread life is an impressive 85,000 miles.
Continental PureContact LS: Stands out as the best performance all-season tire with good grip in most conditions, including dry braking, wet braking, handling, hydroplaning resistance, and snow traction. The predicted tread life is 75,000 miles.
Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4: This tire is the best ultra-high-performance all-season tire, providing better handling and more responsive steering in wet and dry conditions.

Best Tire Brands of 2024:
Michelin: Offers a good mix of grip, handling, and long tread life. All seven tested models earn a CR recommendation.
Continental: Seven of the eight tested Continentals earn a CR recommendation, with the TerrainContact H/T being the top all-season truck tire.
Vredestein: All six tested models are recommended, with the Wintrac Pro being a top-rated performance winter/snow tire for sporty vehicles.

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[jep604]

Mine never last the expected warranty time. Right now fronts are 8/10 and rear are 3-5/10 and yes I rotate them. Sometimes I have to get moving when needed. Adding two new rear tires in the next few weeks.

 

[Charlie1982]

Currently running a set of DWS 06+ on my 2010 4.6, only about 8 or 9 thousand miles on them so far, but very happy with them in dry and wet conditions (no snow driving, so can't comment on that scenario...).
Maybe not quite like a max-performance all-dry-weather tire, but they weren't designed for that and weren't marketed as such, and I'm okay with that. Still a very good experience, and no hydroplaning even in a midwest monsoon and a couple of PNW downpours this year.

 

[mtrot]

Per CR:

Best Car Tires of 2024:
Michelin Defender T+H: This tire delivers good dry braking and handling performance, resistance to hydroplaning, and snow traction. Plus, its projected tread life is an impressive 85,000 miles.
Continental PureContact LS: Stands out as the best performance all-season tire with good grip in most conditions, including dry braking, wet braking, handling, hydroplaning resistance, and snow traction. The predicted tread life is 75,000 miles.
Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4: This tire is the best ultra-high-performance all-season tire, providing better handling and more responsive steering in wet and dry conditions.

Best Tire Brands of 2024:
Michelin: Offers a good mix of grip, handling, and long tread life. All seven tested models earn a CR recommendation.
Continental: Seven of the eight tested Continentals earn a CR recommendation, with the TerrainContact H/T being the top all-season truck tire.
Vredestein: All six tested models are recommended, with the Wintrac Pro being a top-rated performance winter/snow tire for sporty vehicles.

As a follow up, after putting a set of Vredestein Quatrac Pro+ on my Buick LaCrosse, I'm now wishing I had gone with those on my Genesis 4.6. This LaCrosse has the Touring trim level, which has very low profile tires, so there is not much sidewall.

I had never heard of Vredestein until I saw some Tire Rack reviews of grand touring tires. Their review stated that the Vredestein had excellent wet weather performance.

Man alive, those Quatrac Pro+ are great tires! You've heard people say a set of new tires transformed their car, which usually makes me roll my eyes, but dang if they didn't do that. The LaCrosse had older but not completely worn tires on it, two Falken tires and two Kumho Majesty tires. But the rubber was hard as a rock on all four of them.

With the Quatrac Pro+, the LaCrosse just drives so much quieter and more supple over the road. It just seems to glide over bumps and undulations in the road. It's almost as if they are tuned to be optimal for the car's suspension.

As to the DWS 06+ on the Genesis 4.6, I've been driving that car a lot lately and it seems they are still good tires but I get a lot of the granularity of any kind of coarse road surfaces in the car. And it seems like they are already getting louder.

I'm thinking of going back to Discount Tire and see if they will help me out on switching out the DWS 06+ for a set of Vredestien Quatrac Pro+. They did that for me one time when I wasn't happy with the hard ride of a set of Pirelli tires on my Buick Enclave and put me on a set of Continental LX25's.

 

[jep604]

I had the Continental Pure Contact LS which have been modified to the "Tour 54" and they are excellent in the rain with no hydroplaning. My only complaint is that they are much noisier and felt some vibrations after about a thousand miles.

I went back to the shop, and they rebalanced the wheels and told me some weights had been thrown off my pax side wheels.

I took the car and still had the noise. Went back and the shop owner told me he met with his Continental rep who reported the company had modified rubber content and structure because the previous models weren't making the mileage warranty.

I will probably be switching to the Bridgestone brand next go around.