Interesting because most of them are T rated with up to 100,000 mile tread wear rating. Consumer Reports rated the Defender as the #1 T rated tire but did not test them in the V rated version..

The 215/55/17 defender (size for ES & Avalon) does come in a V rating with and an 80,000 mile treadwear warranty. It is a bit more expensive than the H rated Primacy and it is not as good in the rolling resistence department.

http://www.michelinman.com/tire-sele...mTdWidget=true

Over in the Avalon forum

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/15...-michelin.html

.... Jim08 ..... who has TWO gen3 Avalons recently put Primacy H rated on one ...... and defenders on the other. He's happy with both initially but hasn't had them long enough to post a "long term" update. Stay tuned !!!!!!!

 

anyone who used this tire in their lexus es350 yet?

 

For your sister's Civic I might look at the Yokahama Avid Touring S. When we had our Prius and it needed tires I didn't want to spend the money for the Primacy's for it, so on reading reviews and all I went for the very cheap Avid Touring S (like $70 each), and they were great tires. Very smooth and quiet, very round which is something I like about Michelins, they aren't hard to balance like a lot of other tires. The Exaltos are also too much tire for a car like the the Civic, go for those Avid's...you'll like them.

As for the alignment. An alignment is $60, takes 30 minutes. If your car were young, that would be one thing, but its not. 25k miles or not, its going on 6 years old. Plenty of alignment issues that would not cause a drivability concern, but that would cause premature tire, hub, and suspension component wear. Once you see that wear, its going to cost you more than $60.

This is from your own linked Acura thread, from your own post you highlighted

Bear in mind everybody in that thread is talking about taking a car in for an alignment with no symptoms and without having just replaced the tires. Thats a "preventative alignment", which I would not do either. However, when you replace tires its a logical time to have an alignment done.

 

not that i'm aware of yet, but once it comes time, you can pretty much bet I'll be getting them.

 

Yes .... see post #31 above.

Go here:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es3...s-350-a-2.html

 

I think he was talking about the Nitto Motivo's

 

oops sorry.

Or was he talking about the defender.

I found the most useful place to go for independent/user reviews on your specific car is tirerack.

 

ok.. some thing to share.. I got Michellin primacy MX4 and the ride was good. compared to the OEM 36K tires I replaced

but some thing even better. .I got them rotated balanced . after 6 K.. now 42K and the feel of the road is MUCH better
dont know what happened but the balancing /rotation has taken the road feel /handling to another level- smoother /silent ride NOW.

 

I need a new set on my 2008.

I have been thinking about going to a 225 instead of 215. Has anyone had experience with a wider tire?

 

The Bridgestone Serenity Plus Tires are rated #1 on Tirerack.com under the "all seasons grand touring category".

I had a set of the regular Serenity tires before and these tires are even better. Very quiet, wear well and are terrific in the rain.

Enjoy!

 

Couple of months ago, I got Bridgestone tires for $550 after some negotiations and using $150+ coupon. Too bad my Lexus got totaled after 2 weeks when tires had only 500 miles on it.

Recently bought another 2008 ES350....

 

Putting some Primacy MXV4 H rated on my '10 ES350. (1) What is the ideal tire pressure for riding comfort and 2) nitrogen or air- preference? Thanks.

Put 30# in all 4 with air. Rides like a dream.