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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / June 2006Tires, tyres, cauchos
I have used Michelins for a number of years.. Never really had a beef with them. I normally got great treadlife, good handling, and a quiet ride. Just noticed my wife's car has a sidewall cut, and the tread is getting thin on her Mich's after about 40,000 miles... Time to re-shoe... After reading a lot of reviews on Tire Rack, I see that - for every tire - some love them, some hate them, some find them quiet, and some find them unbearably noisy... I have not considered American made tires in years, after having bad experiences with lousy belt stability, noise, treadwear, etc etc... But, I am not totally closed minded either. I want a tire that will give me 50-70,000 mile treadwear, is very quiet, and handles well in dry or in rainy conditions. (We dont have ice here, except in our mojitos) Appreciate your comments. Me personally I would go for a set of michelin harmony's tread wear 680 traction a, temp a, I have a set on my 96 taurus 20k miles on them wearing great, and good in all conditions!!! remember YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR > Me personally I would go for a set of michelin harmony's tread wear 680 > traction a, temp a, I have a set on my 96 taurus 20k miles on them wearing > great, and good in all conditions!!! remember YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR Well, at least you don't get what you don't pay for.. Michelins have been pretty good for me, so far. When you risk your life on your tires, a few bucks is pretty cheap. > I have used Michelins for a number of years.. > Never really had a beef with them. I normally got great treadlife, good > handling, > and a quiet ride. ================== I've been pleased with Yokahama quality and price. See: http://www.yokohamatire.com/searchresults.asp?id=p See if can locate Hankook or Cooper over there. I run them both, and have been extremely impressed. Stick like glue, long life, and minimal noise. I've yet to see a Michelin that compares after 20,000k. http://www.hankooktire-eu.com/ www.coopertire.com/ > See if can locate Hankook or Cooper over there. I run them both, and > have been extremely impressed. Stick like glue, long life, and minimal > noise. I've yet to see a Michelin that compares after 20,000k. > > http://www.hankooktire-eu.com/ > www.coopertire.com/ I know that Tire Rack references Hankook. I had overlooked this company as I was not familiar with them. Will have to take a closer look. Thanks for your comments. > I know that Tire Rack references Hankook. I had overlooked this company > as I was not familiar with them. Will have to take a closer look. Thanks > for your > comments. My bad... Discount Tire has them, but not for my car. My car uses a 205/70/15. you possibly can't beat the oem tire for everyday service, that is if you keep them aired-up to specs, and rotated on a 6000 mile basis. check discount tire stores, and pep boys for tire deals. >mho >v fe >drive 10% less, fill up when half-empty at >the lowest major station (help create a glut) > you possibly can't beat the oem tire for everyday service, that is if > you keep them I am not sure what you mean by this...OEM tires are what came on the car, in my jargon. Some of them are absolute crap, some good. I had to make a quick choice, looked at what the local tire dealers, WalMart, etc had to offer. Price was not the ultimate issue...I researched a lot of them at Tire Rack, Discount Tire, etc. One of the local dealers (in whom I have some personal confidence), suggested a particular model of Cooper which he has had good luck with and little comeback. 80,000 tread life predictions. Got them for about $80 each, and they are very very quiet and smooth. We'll see how they age. Thanks for all comments. HLS@nospam.nix wrote in article <wDElg.100796$H71.68027@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>... > > you possibly can't beat the oem tire for everyday service, that is if > > you keep them > > I am not sure what you mean by this...OEM tires are what came on the car, in > my jargon. > Some of them are absolute crap, some good. All you need to understand is taht the statement was written by fiveiron..... Even HE doesn't usually understand what he says! ROFL!!! > I have used Michelins for a number of years.. > Never really had a beef with them. I normally got great treadlife, good [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Appreciate your comments. On a forum like that you will find someone to complain about almost any tire. And the complainers tend to post more often than those who are satisfied. For what it is worth I replaced a set if Pirelli P6's with Yokohama AS430's and the difference is like night and day. Gone is the rough coarse noisy ride. In it's place is a solid feeling quiet tire with a 60k miles warranty. The AS430 is sold through NTB and their affiliated stores but the comparable national model tire would be the Yokohama Avid. I can't recommend the Yokohama highly enough. |
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