List of good All Season Tires for Jettas (IMO)
I've been buying my tires online for about 20yrs. I've tried 5 different companies, but got the best service & delivery from the Tire Rack and Tread Depot. I've got an engineering & LE background, my hobbies are cars,guns & knives. Living in GA, I only buy All Season tires (we usually get a little snow/ice each year). I look for good brands with at least a high 400's tread rating, preferable 500+, and have good grip & reviews. I do not like directional tires (designed to roll 1 way). They can only be rotated from front to back keeping them on the same side, which causes them to get loud. Reversing the direction tires roll cause the leading edges of the tread blocks to wear evenly. I like asymmetric designs best which have an outside edge, but they can be properly rotated fr. to back and diagonal. Note: I do not like or buy Goodyear tires. I've went through several sets on my patrol & detective cars. (Eagle RSA, Eagle LS, Eagle LS2, Integrity) They all performed poorly compared to tires I buy, wore out quickly, did not ride well and were horrible in the rain. I did get a new patrol car a couple years ago which came from the factory with Pirelli P6 four seasons. They were night & day the best patrol car tires I had ever drove. Excellent ride, grip wet & dry, and no hydroplaning. I was sad when our shop replaced them with Eagle RSAs. (They only let us put a max of 15k on a set)
Here are my picks. I recently put a set of the Cooper Zeon RS3A's on my son's old E Class and can't believe how good they are. I researched them more, amazing tires for money with 500aa rating. Super grippy wet or dry with nice damped ride. I had never bought Cooper's before, might put on wife's Jetta Tdi.I've had very good luck with all brands below, hope this list helps some of you.
Low price:
Kuhmo: Sense $66, new but getting good reviews
Toyo: Extensa AS $73
Medium priced:
Kuhmo: Ecsta 4X or LX Platinum
Cooper: Zeon RS3A
Continental: Pure Contact, or Pro Contact Ecoplus
Pirelli: P6 Allseason Plus
Toyo: Proxes 4 Plus, Versado LX2
High End:
Continental: Extreme Contact DWS
Pirelli: P7 Cinturato All season Plus
Michelin: Pilot Sport AS3, or Primacy MXV4