You're more than welcome to take Christine out for a spin and try out her Vreds... I think you'll like 'em. They come in a 255/35/19 too.
Thanks, Bob! if this was going to take any longer, I may have taken you up on your offer, but I believe I found what I'm looking for.
If it helps anyone else, or if anyone has input:
I had to give this serious thought as to what I was looking for. Since it is my DD in the summer including taking my family of 5 up north, I was willing to give up turning performance for a bit more sidewall. I push this car very little and, the few times I have, others hear might laugh at what I call "pushing the car hard".
As much as Goodyear doesn't have many friends here, I have had good luck with them and I DO get a discount on them. Add that discount to an $80 rebate plus $80 back for using my Goodyear card (I'm a sucker for same-as-cash deals) and I decided to go for a set of the F1 Asymetric 2 255/40/19. This set of Goodyears are going to cost me about $300 less than the Pilot SS set of the same size.
I read a lot of banter about putting a 255 tire on an 8-inch wide wheel, but the trade-offs were actually in my favor: less turning performance with the extra sidewall, but a bit softer ride. That kind of tire with the grip it offers seemed to be the perfect choice. The roads around me in Warren Michigan are absolute crap, so I took that into consideration too. I wanted summer tire grip with some more sidewall than the OEM Potenzas. If I made a mistake, everyone here will know about it real soon
