Falken ZE-912Bs. I normally buy my tires at Discount Tire but Sears had them buy 3, get one free, which worked out to less than Discount Tire's price, plus the certificates (road hazard) are $4 less each at Sears. Not to mention that when I drive east of Texas, no more Discount Tire stores should I have a problem. I can find a Sears pretty much anywhere.
Now on to the tires. I had Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 in front and Yokohama 520s in the back. The Michelins replaced the 520s that were in front when I got the car at about 27,000 miles. They were recommended to me at Discount Tire as tires that grip well and would reduce wheelspin. Maybe for the first 2000-3000 miles, yeah. As the tires wore, wheelspin got worse and I try hard NOT to spin the tires. Ended up only getting 15,000 miles out of them before the tread depth was 2/32 to 3/32 across both front tires. I don't have limited slip so the even tire wear on both sides is an indication I was not running around spinning the tires all the time. The Yokohamas in the rear had at least the 29,000 miles I had put on them and they were at 4/32 depth.
Reading online the other night, I saw that I was not the only one to have wheelspin and excessive wear complaints with the Michelins. Looking around Discount Tire's site, I saw a lot of positive reviews for the Falken ZE-912s, the only negative being poor snow/ice traction which is rarely an issue here in the Dallas area. In addition, Falken has a 40,000 mile treadwear guarantee, unlike the much more expensive ($165 vs $114 at Discount) Michelins.
My first impression is the Falkens are very quiet. Really noticable at freeway speeds, now I know for sure I need to do the rear window wind noise fix since there is now no tire roar to cover the sound.
The ride is also very good, definitely more cushy on good road surfaces. I did notice some tread squirm though a turn tonight (about 20-25 over) that hopefully goes away as i get a little more miles on them-only have about 115 right now. Treadwear is rated at 360, traction AA and temperature A.
Since these are all season tires, I don't expect them to slalom like a dedicated high performance summer tire but I don't typically drive that hard regularly anyway. I drive 25,000 or so miles a year so having a quiet, comfortable tire with decent treadwear is more important.