CNET's review of the '13 RX F-Sport

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04-13-13, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by corradoMR2

Anita, as a side note, you have the best tires - the Pirelli Scorpion Verde A/S if I'm not mistaken.

As far as the cnet review and many others that trashed the F-Sport's comfort and road noise, I noticed the Dunlops too and I cringed. Come on Lexus, read all the posts out there including real-world ratings on Tirerack. You're putting last place tires on a first place vehicle.

Ive got the Pirelli Scorpion Verde on mine too

. Maybe theyre putting the dunlops on because it helps fuel efficiency? I know my RX300 came with Bridgestone and Lexus mainly use bridgestone so theres probably a factor which is making them choose the dunlops. Obviously not a cost issue seen as though the dunlops are rather expensive anyway.

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04-13-13, 09:43 AM

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Rayaans, the Dunlops are the cheapest of all three OE tires on the RX here. The ones I had on the RXh were OK for 16K miles but faded fast. On the F-Sport I noticed a tremendous amount of road noise during the test drive. I don't remember that problem when I had them. It makes me wonder if they're somehow different.

As far as mileage, the Pirellis are a green LRR tire that are supposed to help with mileage although I haven't noticed a big difference. They are a few pounds heavier than the Dunlops after all. I'm around 29 MPG now, a slight increase over the Dunlops.

Wow, last place for the Dunlops. Lexus really needs to go with another brand tire.