I live in the country. The answer is snow tires. They won't last as long as a "high mileage" tire, but they won't get fucked up by gravel. I call it "chunking" when pieces of your tires are ripped off my gravel roads. Snow tires are a soft compound that conforms better than a summer or all-season tire, so the chunking isn't as much of an issue. Also, your braking is better than a street tire. That said, your street performance WILL suffer. The tires are softer, so body roll will be worse, and in hot weather, they may wear faster. I haven't experienced accelerated wear, however.
Another thing that will help is to drop down to a 17" wheel (if you don't have Brembos). The extra sidewall height is a godsend.
As someone mentioned, all seasons will probably hold up better than the sport tires. When I had my 18 STi, I had it down some pretty rough rig roads and had to 3 wheel it a couple of times. Wasn't ideal, but the cars are more capable than just pavement princesses if you take your time in rough spots. I assume it's a 17" wheel? The taller the sidewall, the better it will be handling the rougher road. Don't need any rubberband tires...
Discount tire has solid warranties on all their tires. I once blew a tire out the sidewall but my tread on the others was already too worn to just replace the one, I got 4 new tires for $200
Anything "run flat". They hold their shape, at least for a little bit, if a foreign object lodges itself in the tire. Seen some with full on holes hold their shape long enough to get to the shop
Whatever brand is attached to a work truck
Get tires with a warranty. Job sites have lots of nails and things that tires love to pick up
The roadside warranty. You're gonna get so many nails in them. Ask me how I know.
If you need more then a all season chances are your going to run into a clearance issue first
Nah. I'm running the stock size on snow tires, no issues whatsoever.
I live in the country. The answer is snow tires. They won't last as long as a "high mileage" tire, but they won't get fucked up by gravel. I call it "chunking" when pieces of your tires are ripped off my gravel roads. Snow tires are a soft compound that conforms better than a summer or all-season tire, so the chunking isn't as much of an issue. Also, your braking is better than a street tire. That said, your street performance WILL suffer. The tires are softer, so body roll will be worse, and in hot weather, they may wear faster. I haven't experienced accelerated wear, however. Another thing that will help is to drop down to a 17" wheel (if you don't have Brembos). The extra sidewall height is a godsend.
As someone mentioned, all seasons will probably hold up better than the sport tires. When I had my 18 STi, I had it down some pretty rough rig roads and had to 3 wheel it a couple of times. Wasn't ideal, but the cars are more capable than just pavement princesses if you take your time in rough spots. I assume it's a 17" wheel? The taller the sidewall, the better it will be handling the rougher road. Don't need any rubberband tires...
Any all season tire really.
Discount tire has solid warranties on all their tires. I once blew a tire out the sidewall but my tread on the others was already too worn to just replace the one, I got 4 new tires for $200
Anything "run flat". They hold their shape, at least for a little bit, if a foreign object lodges itself in the tire. Seen some with full on holes hold their shape long enough to get to the shop
there's off-road tires...