Mickey Thompson Street Comps

[thehueypilot]

Are Mickey Thompson Street Comps considered all season or are they just a summer only tire?

Tim

 

[TymeSlayer]

Heavens no. I mean you can ride them in the winter but they are like bacon on teflon on ice, snow and not too good on frozen roads. I love these tires but unless it dry out, there certainly not ideal for winter driving. At least in my experience with them on my Boss.

 

[06mach1]

So how are they in the rain?

 

[thehueypilot]

OK thanks. By the way Michelin PSS do the same thing in cold temperatures.

 

[RoushF150]

Summer only and my Boss has never seen the rain.

 

[TymeSlayer]

The do okay in the rain but to be honest, the only rain my boss has seen was coming back down the mountains from a car show last year. It wasn't much rain and the tires handled well but it was more like a small rain shower. Couldn't tell you what it's like with real rainfall. Much like RoushF150, my car is a fair weather car and under those conditions, I really like the feel of these on both the street and the track.

 

[WinterSucks]

Just figured I would toss another option in there for you for a good bang-for-your-buck summer only tire. I was caught between the MT street comps and BFG Sport Comp 2's. I went with the BFGs and they handle the rain very well. This summer I got caught in a crazy storm where the visibility was down to only hundreds of feet, sometimes only 100' or so. I was driving slow and careful at 50-55mph, but never noticed any hydroplaning or tramlining like I thought I would with so much water on the road. It was coming down fast enough that there seemed to be close to a 1/16" thick sheet of water over the road. The pattern of the MT is very different so I have no idea how they would be. I am very happy with how the SC2s did with autoX as well. I would probably go with the MT next just to compare the two. I doubt you can go wrong either way.