Continental PureContact LS All Season 245/50R17 99V Passenger Tire

I have been using Michlin tires but since Michlin stopped making the tire that came on my car and I tried to, buy the same tire even called Michlin, so I decided to try these Continental tires since they were highly recommended by Consumer Reports. I love these tires; they hold the road well and ride better like the more they are driven on (a 45-profile tire is too narrow to ride great). I can't tell if they are louder than my original Michlin tires, but they are quiet my only complaint is that I dropped a few mpg on my car, but the handling of these tires are so good and I think that the mpg will improve over time. I highly recommend these tires to anyone wanting to get a tire that holds the road like these do. They are made in Portugal, but they are a quality tire. These tires have made me to consider Continental over Michlin. The price on the Continental was much better to I paid two hundred and six dollars a tire and Michlin was three hundred dollars a tire. Of course, I that did not include mounting and balancing that was a little over a hundred dollars which included lifetime rotations, balancing, flat repair and road hazard. But Continental gives you three years of road hazard with the tire and even roadside assistance for a flat. These also include a 70,000-mile wear and the Michlin were 55000. I have driven these tires about three thousand miles.

I JUST left Wal-Mart here in Destin Florida (so you know the climate/ road conditions) with our new 245/40R 19XL LS Continental Pure Contact tires for our 2013 Lincoln MKZ and all I can say is... WOW now THIS is how a Lincoln luxery/sports sedan is supposed to ride!!! We replaced our Continential Extreme Contact tires that we only got 36k miles out of and it seemed like I felt every little crack in the road and man hole cover (I was beginning to wonder if my struts might need to be replaced but I only have 76k miles on this two owner car). Now I know it was the tires all along. The Extreme Contact tires are more of a performance tire (firmer for harder cornering) whereas these Pure Contacts are a touring tire (softer for a Very Soft, Very Quiet ride). I must say living in the panhandle of Florida (unless we travel during the winter...) I won't be in a position to rate the snow performance. However I will be in a position to rate how it handles in the rain, and if the ride remains as soft and quiet once I've put a couple thousand miles on them. So I'll follow up with any updated post springtime 2021 and let everyone know how it's going.