Excellent Tires To Consider!!
I have an 04 PT GT. The OEM Goodyear tires that came with the car were 205/50-17 RSA's. I have not particularly liked them. They were just OK in the performance department, and were very very noisy on the road (especially howling on the freeway). The car had 34,000 miles, and the tires were only going to last maybe another 4000 miles. Since I was taking the family on a driving vacation, I decided to change them now.
I looked at the limited options for the tire size, and nothing really tripped my fancy (e.g. all sports, all the time). I decided to get a slightly larger size and give the new Goodyear ResponsEdge tires a go with 215/50-17.
These tires are nothing short of miraculous. The performance is at least equal to the RSA's, but the road noise and riding comfort is quiet and "cushy". (To digress, please remember that I was also replacing a worn/limited tread left tire with a brand new one with inches of new rubber between the pavement and myself.)
If you have a PT, and need new tires, I just cannot believe that there is a better choice for you to consider than these new GoodyearÂ’s. They are all season, and I believe V-rated. My family and I traveled over 1500 miles from LA to Lake Tahoe on some mighty pock-marked and expansion jointed road surfaces, and these tires never let the drive become tiresome for us inside, or unsafely handling for the driver.
With all of the bad press the RSA's (rightly) got on the GT boards here, I have to give Goodyear a big thumbs up for designing these new shoes. And, even better, they are less expensive.
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