175/65-15 summer tire

Good find!

Weird sizings on that tire.

X-2 on good find.  Thats is the size I mention before 175/65 which is more popular in Europe. Too bad its not a tad taller at 24.5

Well, technically, it's not the only Dunlop in that size that Tire Rack carries.

I ended up with these on my car because I wanted something narrower than a 185 and Kirk's tire guy couldn't find the Conti ProContacts that I really wanted.

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It's not a performance tire - it's actually one of those 'low rolling resistance' tires made to boost the fuel economy of hybrid cars, but I wanted to avoid a three-week delay in getting my new VS, so decided to give them a try.

They're not too bad. The grip seems OK, and they break away in a nice, gradual, controlled way, which I think is a good thing in a swing axle car.

The Conti's would probably be a better choice in this size. I've got them on my MINI Cooper and they really stick (they were - and may still be - OEM tires on MINI's).

My apologies, Mitch- the 175/65 is the only 15" tire Dunlop makes in the SP Sport 01 line (I would have liked to have seen a 185/60 and a 215/60). No 14's or 16's either.

There doesn't seem to be much love for 16s. 

15s are getting pretty thin out there as well.

After a pretty lengthy search, I could find only one 196/60R15 true summer tire available in America. I just got a set of Vredistein Sportrac 4s through a place in the north Chicago suburbs (nearly Wisconsin)-- "Waukegan Tire". They drop shipped 4 to my door from the distributor in NJ. I gt the last 4 in the country.

The European (well, UK actually-- I can't read German, French, Italian, or Spanish) forums like them all a lot. We'll see... but not until next spring.

Stan, I talked to those guys before.  Hope you like them a lot.

Edit... did mean to write Sportrac 5's?

I did. I was in a hurry-- my bad.