I feel like the worst part of the fiesta is the stock tire size that Ford chose. and the reason, barely no options when it comes to replacing the tires in the stock size.
I have owned many cars and trucks in the past and always liked BFGoodrich tires, so naturally, when I was replacing the tires on the FIST I wanted to try out BFG's.
a little about me, I am 33 I am married with 2 kids (no car seats in the fiesta), I drive 1 1/5 miles each way to work and sit in no traffic each way. this car is my commuter, I dont auto-x it, drag race, light race, etc. just trying to make my short commute something I look forward to each day. I do have a winter vehicle (Jeep Grand Cherokee) that I will use when the snow gets deep, but the more time I can spend behind the wheel of the fiesta the better.
I know an all season tire is not the best anywhere and its a compromise everywhere, but I really did not want to buy and store another set of wheels and tires depending on the season so an all season was my answer.
I know in the stock size I could have gotten Michelin A/S's but I just wanted to go BFG's.
Monday 12/5/2016 I had costco mount and balance BFGoodrich g-Force Comp2 A/S tires in the 205/45 17 variation. It was 40 degrees and raining. when I pulled away I noticed the ride was smoother (wasnt trying to get a smooth ride) and I had more grip on acceleration than with the stock summer tires. the tires are taller than the stock tires and seem slightly wider, like I wouldnt have an issue in a car wash with them.
In the dry (I know this is not a good comparison because of the weather) yesterday it was in the 30's and I can give the car full throttle and the tires squeal but dont actually break loose (with the stock summer tires they spun in 1st and second). This is an evolving review because I want to update it when the weather changes.
12/17/2016 update. We got 4 inches of snow overnight. Woke up a little late for work. Didn't have time to shovel and only cleared off the car. Backed down driveway, over the little snow damn the plow truck left at the bottom of the driveway, put the car in 1st and drove off. Now we got about 4" of slushy wet heavy snow. The car did what I told it to when I told it to do it. I did see the limit of the tires grip more than 1 time but I made it to work no problem.
Then I got an e-mail from someone I made a low offer on a set of 15" wheels and blizzak ws80 tires a long time ago, he had no luck selling them and accepted my offer. I ran and picked them up right after work and put them on my car unfortunately the snow is gone and I immediately noticed a decrease in traction from the BFG's to the Blizzaks but it's 40 at the moment and the roads are clear. This thread just evolved into a multi tire review. Photos to follow in the day time
I have owned many cars and trucks in the past and always liked BFGoodrich tires, so naturally, when I was replacing the tires on the FIST I wanted to try out BFG's.
a little about me, I am 33 I am married with 2 kids (no car seats in the fiesta), I drive 1 1/5 miles each way to work and sit in no traffic each way. this car is my commuter, I dont auto-x it, drag race, light race, etc. just trying to make my short commute something I look forward to each day. I do have a winter vehicle (Jeep Grand Cherokee) that I will use when the snow gets deep, but the more time I can spend behind the wheel of the fiesta the better.
I know an all season tire is not the best anywhere and its a compromise everywhere, but I really did not want to buy and store another set of wheels and tires depending on the season so an all season was my answer.
I know in the stock size I could have gotten Michelin A/S's but I just wanted to go BFG's.
Monday 12/5/2016 I had costco mount and balance BFGoodrich g-Force Comp2 A/S tires in the 205/45 17 variation. It was 40 degrees and raining. when I pulled away I noticed the ride was smoother (wasnt trying to get a smooth ride) and I had more grip on acceleration than with the stock summer tires. the tires are taller than the stock tires and seem slightly wider, like I wouldnt have an issue in a car wash with them.
In the dry (I know this is not a good comparison because of the weather) yesterday it was in the 30's and I can give the car full throttle and the tires squeal but dont actually break loose (with the stock summer tires they spun in 1st and second). This is an evolving review because I want to update it when the weather changes.
12/17/2016 update. We got 4 inches of snow overnight. Woke up a little late for work. Didn't have time to shovel and only cleared off the car. Backed down driveway, over the little snow damn the plow truck left at the bottom of the driveway, put the car in 1st and drove off. Now we got about 4" of slushy wet heavy snow. The car did what I told it to when I told it to do it. I did see the limit of the tires grip more than 1 time but I made it to work no problem.
Then I got an e-mail from someone I made a low offer on a set of 15" wheels and blizzak ws80 tires a long time ago, he had no luck selling them and accepted my offer. I ran and picked them up right after work and put them on my car unfortunately the snow is gone and I immediately noticed a decrease in traction from the BFG's to the Blizzaks but it's 40 at the moment and the roads are clear. This thread just evolved into a multi tire review. Photos to follow in the day time
