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Car Forum / Honda Cars / March 2006WTF is with Honda "Shakymobiles"
JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire problem. Jeez! > JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire problem. > Jeez! It could be that they ramped up production (Because of good buzz and fuel prices driving customers) and when they did, tire balance and wheel alignment suffered. Were the Hondas from different manufacturing plants? Honda not very good now,don't buy. >> JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire >> problem. Jeez! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > wheel alignment suffered. Were the Hondas from different manufacturing > plants? Civics and CR-Vs, so yeah Some radial tires can develop temporary flat spots if not driven for a while. Should become round after heating up. > JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire problem. > Jeez! > JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire problem. > Jeez! Just went car shopping. Drove a new Accord, Civic and Acura TL. No tire problems with any of them. Actually, no problems like that with any of the cars I drove, regardless of make. YMMV >> JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire >> problem. Jeez! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > YMMV Accord and Acura TL have Michelin, yes? You just got lucky with the Civic. >>> JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire >>> problem. Jeez! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Accord and Acura TL have Michelin, yes? You just got lucky with the Civic. Do the Civics still come with Fire** I mean Bridgestones? I've decided that just about every Honda and Acura and probably most other manufacturer's products have mediocre or worse tires. The worst part is that they are optimized for long milage so you will be driving on them forever. If/when I buy another new car I will probably have the dealer switch tires before I drive it home. Life is too short to drive on crummy tires. I bought two new Hondas in the last year and almost immediately changed the tires. On a civic Hybrid I changed the bridgestones for michelins (mileage is the same), but I now have a tire with 740 tw rating, and antilock brakes that don't need to activate on every puddle. On my Element, I changed the miserable goodyears for Yokahamas with the same results. Changing the tires makes all the difference. > >>> JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire > >>> problem. Jeez! [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > the dealer switch tires before I drive it home. Life is too short to > drive on crummy tires. > I bought two new Hondas in the last year and almost immediately changed the > tires. On a civic Hybrid I changed the bridgestones for michelins (mileage > is the same), but I now have a tire with 740 tw rating, and antilock brakes > that don't need to activate on every puddle. On my Element, I changed the > miserable goodyears for Yokahamas with the same results. Changing the tires > makes all the difference. Similar experience with several Hondas -- Civics and my Prelude. The OEM tires are usually lousy and the replacements make all the difference. > > >>> JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire > > >>> problem. Jeez! [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > the dealer switch tires before I drive it home. Life is too short to > > drive on crummy tires. > JFC, it seems every new Honda I test drive has got a goddamn tire problem. > Jeez! Which one? Some have extremely light rims so the wheels shake with balancing errors less than what the typical tire shop targets. I always had to ask for tighter tolerances when getting the wheels balanced on my 97 Civic HX. The rims were so light that I put a tire print on my forehead the first time I lifted a wheel off the car :) My Accord Hybrid has back-buster rims despite them being alloy. I doubt it will have wheel shaking problems but I wonder if the car would perform better with something lighter. |
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