Anyone have any recommendations for replacement tires?

 

Tire Rack.com allows you to evaluate any element of the tires performance, and rank them in order of importance to you. Pay particular attention to the number of miles reported on tires as they almost all are good when new. It's when they've been on the market for a few years and develop a longer miles driven performance history that the reviews become really valid.

 

Thanks will check it out

 

There are numerous posts regarding replacement tires with recommendations and complaints. The search feature is your friend...

 

18s or 19s? I just replaced my 19s with Goodyear Maxlife Assurance and absolutely love them. Much better than the OEM Michelins in terms of ride, sound and I expect the tread life will be far superior.

 

This poster is right.

More specifically, I was looking into this recently. Since all tire design is a compromise, it depends on your personal priorities. The OEM tires are chosen for a combination of high gas mileage (since all carmakers are taxed based on that now, they're going to extreme lengths to maximize it) and quietness. They're not particularly great in other ways, which is one reason why so many road testers have condemned the ES 350 in particular for inability to put its power to the ground under acceleration without incessant tire squealing.

To shorten your search: My own priorities include better traction on acceleration and all-weather traction for the Midwestern climate, while preserving decent noise/ride comfort. After I read Tire Rack and talked with consultants from both Tire Rack and Michelin, here are a few tires I considered to be finalists.

•Michelin CrossClimate 2 (a bit loud, overbalanced toward all-weather traction as the name implies)
•Michelin Premier (more on the comfort end of the spectrum, but less extremely so than the OEM Michelins)
•Vredestein Quatrac Pro (an excellent-performing tire with a short life)

Hope this is helpful.

 

I'm feeling the same thing.

 

18s 235 45 18

 

Thanks for all the info. I want to stay true to Michelins if I can. My OEM set was Michelin Energy Saver 65k tire and I'm on the depth limiters at 35k.(rotated at every service so far) Very quiet tire though have not tried in snow. I honestly looked at Pirelli P7 all season plus 70k tire read some good reviews but still undecided. I don't want sacrifice the almost uncomfortable silence in car as of now.

 

Then the Premier might be for you.

 

Our RX came with Michelin Premier OEM and they are not great at all. Awful tread life and not the smoothest ride.

 

Oddly enough, though, the OEM may be a different tire despite having the same name. I believe it happens pretty often. The carmaker dictates the set of attributes they want, and the tire manufacturer customizes the tire accordingly for them. The awful tread life part is odd, but the OEM tire will usually be overbalanced in the directiion of MPG to help the carmaker hit their EPA numbers—failing to do so means real costs for them.

 

Yep I've read that elsewhere and suspect it is fact.

 

Continental True Contact. Not expensive and nice ride

 

Mine ESh came with Michelin Energy Saver A/S. Are they any good?
I would like to hear your opinions.