Best tyres for my Impreza?

[Stevenr]

Evening all,recently bought an STI with the most horrible cheap nasty tyres I've ever had the joy of owning.They were fitted by the dealer before I bought it,he seemed pretty pleased with the fact it had 4 brand new tyres,me not so much

Anyway,the car's great apart from this one little issue and I'm looking to get rid rather sharpish so what seems to be the best?

I've got Continentals on the Mondeo and they seem to perform well so I'm leaning towards them but do you have any other favourites?

[Stevenr]

I think these ones are sunew or something.Bad bad bad and really let the car down.

Good shout on the F1.Had them on a car years ago and they were great,a little soft maybe but the grip levels brilliant.

[Stevenr]

Lefty said:

What size do you need and what kind of driving do you do?

At the moment I have two sets:

Yokohama advan neova AD08 as a summer tyre (they're track tyres really and cope ok with standing water but are simply awesome when they warm up.) They really improve steering feel and turn-in. Absolutely no use when it's getting cool, never mind cold. I change over to winters when temps are likely to be much below 10 degrees.

Vredestein wintrac extreme which are the best winter tyres i've used (on a variety of cars).

225 45 17s I'm looking for.Tax is due this week though and being in the high bracket it's going to sting this weeks pay so it'll be a couple of weeks probably before I buy.Plenty time to research

As for driving,it's mostly A roads and town now and then.

Living where I do though there's plenty good roads to choose once I get some new boots

[Stevenr]

Yes it's a hawkeye,chocolate pistons ahoy

[Stevenr]

Right,one very expensive tax disc out of the way yesterday so the shopping can begin next week hopefully.

Lots of good info to be getting on with,thanks

[Stevenr]

Forgot to update this,went for a set of Bridgestone S001's in the end.

It's like a different car altogether now,much much better