Tires over the years -- what worked/didn't

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02-21-13, 06:30 AM

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Just an update, yes my Pilot Sports are the MS series. Most of my snow driving was in Nebraska and a lot worse conditions here in VA. I have had a lot of rear wheel drive vehicles in the snow, some good, some bad but the Lexus is not gonna cut it in the white stuff....no way. I even had a full tank of gas for rear weight but it just isn't a winter driver (in the snow anyway) and that's alright, that's not what it is designed for. It is my commuter car with the jeep being a "last resort" Since it is a 1993 shock/leaf combo, it's a kidney shaker but it'll go through anything!!

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02-21-13, 05:49 PM

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Nitto's have been exceptional

Been running the Nitto 555 Xtreme ZR 20's for 23,000+ miles now. Couldn't be happier. I expected 15K miles and will end up getting close to 30K. I wanted to put Michelin on and my wheel guy talked me into Nitto's. Would have no problem buying them again.

The Niito's are summer tires and directional. At 23K miles they are a little noisy but nothing close to the P Zero's I had on there when I bought the SC. They seem to handle in the rain just fine. Here in Charlotte there is not much need for a winter/all season tire. When it's snowing the garage door is closed and we are waiting for the melt the next day!

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05-27-13, 04:10 PM

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Alec,
Can you compare the ride and noise levels of each of the tires? So you only got 24.7kmi out of the Michelin's even though they have a 45 kmi warranty. Interesting.

I've used the Potenza R040 RF, Pirelli PZ RF and now the Yokohama YK520 NRF. The nonRF are definitely preferable. I hated the R040; rough, loud, tracked every little groove. The Pirellis were a major improvement, though near the end the tracking and noise got considerably worse. The Yokos have been the best and cheapest so far and even came with a warranty (50k or 60kmi?). I'll have to go check my records on the mileage of each. It seems like I got about 20kmi out of the first two and am still running the Yokohamas (I'm not sure how long so far though).
Harold

Well, I just had to go and replace the Yokos, it was the old inside wear again. I got 26kmi out of the Yokos. The tires looked great overall except for the inside edges looking worn. One tire had about a 1/4" worn practically through. So after checking out what was available and what the cost was, I went ahead and got another set of Yokos (YK580). I think these only have a 40kmi warranty but my SC won't let it get that far anyway, so I stuck with them. They do ride nice.

I ought to post the spreadsheet I generated listing the characteristics of each of the tires, along with cost. (I'll try to remember to do that later.)