Uh, you might want to take a look at the list (above) that was generated by Car & Driver recently. The Goodyear GSD3s are incredible tires (compared to the others) and wear very well. I agree that performance, cost, and wear are all important, but you could easily buy the cheapest tires and get not only sub-par performance, but may have to replace them twice as often. What kind of savings is that?. You do get what you pay for when it comes to ultra-high performance tires; that's been proven!

 

the answer to the push on the front is there is none. in fact the car handles better than it if did with the stager tires. as far as wear out fast this is not true. all this talk about the GS3 GOOD YEARS I HAVE RUN THEM ON MY old c4 got 44000 miles out of that set but that was rotating them ever 3000 miles .now i have about 22000 on the T1R toyos and it going to a close to 40000 to 45000 out of them. i ran the toyo because of the size tire there are very few tire makers for this size 285/30/19 most around 450 to 500 bucks. the toyo were not cheap by no means . this is the biggest 19 u can on the front and to me the wider up front the better.the only real change is the front tire is 1/2 inch taller than the old 17 . sounds like a lot but it only rased it by a 1/4 inch and after pulling measurments on diff brands tires there is as much as a 3/4 inch in height diff from brand to brand.this set up works great for me and all the feed back from people that have seen it and drove in it agree. this might be a every day driver car but make no mistake i put it throught the paces. its truned 6500 rpms and seen well over 180 mph and still get 31mpg driving it at 75 on the interstate.

 

I have 100,875 miles on my 2001 C-5 - - - the Goodyears lasted about 35,000 miles - - - I then bought Yokohama AVS run flats from Tire Rack - - - I thought they were great tires - - - I had to buy a new set last week and could not afford the price of Yokos, so went with Kumho Ecsta MX XRP run flats from Tire Rack for a little over $850.00 including road hazard and freight to Houston - - Had Corvettes of Houston mount them - - I've only driven about 200 miles since putting them on and so far the ride, quietness are great !!! My car is a daily driver; no competitive or spirited driving. Living in Houston, there's no way I would not have run flats if for nothing else but the peace of mind of not being stranded somewhere and putting up with all the idiots on the road down here.
As I put more miles on them, I'll fill you in!
Thanks,
EEL
Houston, Texas

 

Wow, that is some tread wear -- and me with my 345x1x BFG drag radials on the rear of my vette. I got 4600 miles to the most recent sent and felt lucky - the first set lasted only 3700 miles.