Car Tires

[randy41]

my 07 civic with about 27K on it is in need of tires. I'm thinking of Goodyear Assurance TripleTreds. Any comments or experiences are encouraged. Other brand recommendations too.
The car came with bridgestones.

 

[Bird]

Randy, there used to only be a few brands of tires and considerable differences between the brands. Now we have so many different brands and models that it can get confusing, and lots of the brands are good. However, if you're familiar with the Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (UTQGS) you can look on the sidewall for the A, B, C rating for Traction and Temperature Resistance, and a numerical rating for Treadwear. I guess all of the tire manufacturers still have a warranty of some kind of quality, but I don't know of any who include a "road hazard" warranty as they used to do. And while the Treadwear numbers don't actually guarantee any specific mileage, they are quite helpful as a ratio. In other words, one rated at 600 should go twice as far as one rated at 300. And while I don't know of any manufacturers who guarantee any specific mileage (although such may exist), some dealers do. For instance Discount Tire Company (where I buy all my tires) guarantees specific mileage on some (not all) brands and models.

I think Goodyear makes some very good tires and you'll probably be happy with them. Personally, I've had my best luck with B.F. Goodrich tires, so I just in the last couple of months put new ones all the way around on both our Ranger and our Windstar.

Whether you buy from them or not, you might want to go to the Discount Tire Company website and read customer reviews of the tires you're considering.

 

[biggerten]

Randy, there used to only be a few brands of tires and considerable differences between the brands. Now we have so many different brands and models that it can get confusing, and lots of the brands are good. However, if you're familiar with the Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (UTQGS) you can look on the sidewall for the A, B, C rating for Traction and Temperature Resistance, and a numerical rating for Treadwear. I guess all of the tire manufacturers still have a warranty of some kind of quality, but I don't know of any who include a "road hazard" warranty as they used to do. And while the Treadwear numbers don't actually guarantee any specific mileage, they are quite helpful as a ratio. In other words, one rated at 600 should go twice as far as one rated at 300. And while I don't know of any manufacturers who guarantee any specific mileage (although such may exist), some dealers do. For instance Discount Tire Company (where I buy all my tires) guarantees specific mileage on some (not all) brands and models.

I think Goodyear makes some very good tires and you'll probably be happy with them. Personally, I've had my best luck with B.F. Goodrich tires, so I just in the last couple of months put new ones all the way around on both our Ranger and our Windstar.

Whether you buy from them or not, you might want to go to the Discount Tire Company website and read customer reviews of the tires you're considering.

I've had nothing but good experience from Discount, I'm located in Minnesota. They fix flats for free even on tires I didn't buy from them, I'm not sure if that's corporate policy or I'm lucky, but they've got a customer for life in me.

 

[BarryinMN]

Put the GY triple treds on an 02 Impala 3/07. Replaced cheapy GY oems. Have about 15K mi on them. Excellent all around performance snow, ice, rain mud. Much firmer handling than oem grade and noisier on expansion strips. Mpg unchanged at 30. The little noise tradeoff for performance is well worth it. Tractor tread strange looks but works well.

 

[Bird]

I've had nothing but good experience from Discount, I'm located in Minnesota. They fix flats for free even on tires I didn't buy from them, I'm not sure if that's corporate policy or I'm lucky, but they've got a customer for life in me.

Yep, down here in Texas they've fixed flats free for me, too, on tires that were on the vehicles when I bought the vehicle; i.e., tires that I did not buy from Discount Tire. I've been buying tires from them since the late '70s or early '80s. They used to be the cheapest on price and have always been the best on service. This past time I bought tires, I wasn't in any hurry so I did some shopping around. The NTB (National Tire & Battery) store quoted such high prices that I didn't waste much time there. Sears quoted about $6 cheaper for a set of 4 than Discount Tire's price online, and my Ford dealer quoted about $4 cheaper, but when I went to Discount Tire and told them the others were $4 to $6 cheaper, they came down about $30.

 

[NewToy]

I bought some Toyo tires awhile back for my van and was pleased with their longevity. I have since installed them on my P/U and also my 24' cargo trailer.
I like 'em!

John

 

[Egon]

What type of performance are you looking for. IE, long tread wear usually does not go with a grippy tire. Others work better in wet conditions etc.

 

[kenmac]

Randy, there used to only be a few brands of tires and considerable differences between the brands. Now we have so many different brands and models that it can get confusing, and lots of the brands are good. However, if you're familiar with the Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (UTQGS) you can look on the sidewall for the A, B, C rating for Traction and Temperature Resistance, and a numerical rating for Treadwear. I guess all of the tire manufacturers still have a warranty of some kind of quality, but I don't know of any who include a "road hazard" warranty as they used to do. And while the Treadwear numbers don't actually guarantee any specific mileage, they are quite helpful as a ratio. In other words, one rated at 600 should go twice as far as one rated at 300. And while I don't know of any manufacturers who guarantee any specific mileage (although such may exist), some dealers do. For instance Discount Tire Company (where I buy all my tires) guarantees specific mileage on some (not all) brands and models.

I think Goodyear makes some very good tires and you'll probably be happy with them. Personally, I've had my best luck with B.F. Goodrich tires, so I just in the last couple of months put new ones all the way around on both our Ranger and our Windstar.

Whether you buy from them or not, you might want to go to the Discount Tire Company website and read customer reviews of the tires you're considering.

Bird , This place doesn't have a store in my area but, I have ordered tires from them over the phone & they shipped them UPS to my house. I have a tire machine so, I mounted them myself .Very pleased ! I would order from them again

 

[Bird]

This place doesn't have a store in my area

I have no idea how Discount Tire decides where to put their stores. We have so many it's almost unbelievable. I have one less than 2 miles south of my house, another one just under 4 miles north of my house, and another one nearly 10 miles south of my house. All three are located on I-35E in Denton, Corinth, and Lewisville.

 

[randy41]

there is no Discount Tire around here. I've read the consumer reviews in several places and the Goodyear came up the best. I'll hit the phone tomorrow. too bad I didn't get but what i did out of the original tires. i commute 120 miles round trip from Jan-Apr and I like that consumer reviews say that these tires are good in icy slushy stuff. there goes $500.