Alright - a tired subject - but worth revisiting.

I have the standard 4 x Cont's with a Dunlop Sport Maxx spare (go figure - thats how it came from the dealer and i dont really care).

After god knows how many punctures, finally one of the Conts is rooted and needs to be replaced.

The Conts have around 5 - 7,000kms still in them so I'm not going to turf them all and get 4 newbies of something else (would you drink 3/4 quarters of carton and bin the last six pack???)

I know all about mismatched tyres and thats great if you are on the track or driving at 10/10 tenths all the time but I fail to see how with normal driving diff brands front and rear will cause grief as long as long as all is quality.

So I'm buying new rears and keeping the Conts on the front for a while longer

Options are for the rears:

1) Sport Maxxs - use the current spare as one of the rears and only buy one tyre (use the non buggered rear Cont as a spare) - save $200 odd

2) Go with 2 x Michelins (highly recommended through the board) for both rears and soon enough fronts and keep the Sport Maxx as the spare.

Hope that makes sense.

$$$$$$ makes me think the Sportmaxx option but my heart says Michelin.

So my question is has anyone gone from Conts to Dunlops?? Feedback?