Bridgestone Alenza A/S 02

[skyactiv]

I'm not happy with the Bridgestone Potenza Sport AS tires on my car. They seem too soft, floaty, bouncy for an all-season ultra high performance tire. They ride more like a touring tire. I liked the previous grey market Chinese made GT Radial Sport Active 2 summer tires better.

 

[skyactiv]

I'm not happy with the Bridgestone Potenza Sport AS tires on my car. They seem too soft, floaty, bouncy for an all-season ultra high performance tire. They ride more like a touring tire. I liked the previous grey market Chinese made GT Radial Sport Active 2 summer tires better.

UPDATE: Costco underinflated the tires on my car. Once I aired them up to 36 PSI as on the door jam decal, it firmed them up.

 

[Kira]

Costco underinflated the tires on my car.

How low were they? seriously

 

[GenSan]

UPDATE: Costco underinflated the tires on my car. Once I aired them up to 36 PSI as on the door jam decal, it firmed them up.

Good to know it was just low PSI giving you unwanted ride. I'm thinking about t these Poteza AS to replace Yokohama Avid GT's on a 2024 Rav4 Prime XSE. I drive it like a Supra on the daily and want incredible traction on corners and in the rain.

 

[skyactiv]

How low were they? seriously

31 PSI

 

[Gyro Gearloose]

My wife's yukon came with Bridgestone Duelers. They were quiet, stayed balanced, and lasted 70k miles so I've replaced them with more Duelers twice. Still no complaints, but the replacements have not lasted quite as long as the originals despite appearing identical.

For my daughters Edge the tire shop had some Bridgestone Alenzas in the price range I was looking for and I rolled the dice on them. I won't do that again. They had a noticeable whine on smooth asphalt and after only 35k miles they are not worn out, but not what you want to be driving now that a winter storm is possible at any day.

 

[Vetdoc]

That's quite a mouthful when they could've just named them Bridgestone Junk. OK, so we'll stick to a long name: how about Bridgestone DitchFinder 365?

I've never, ever, had an OEM tire this bad - they came stock on the wife's '23 Equinox AWD. I bet if I got the FWD version, it'd have come with better tires - but the GM engineers said screw it, it's AWD so we can put these DitchFinders on there and the AWD will save 'em. The little 1.5 spins them in the rain with just a goose of the throttle. They're noisy like a pack of howling coyotes going down the road, to add insult to injury.

I thought it was just me, so I looked up reviews on TireRack: 3/5 stars and a Recommend of "3.4 Poor". I don't want to get the call from my wife this winter that she needs help. I bought AWD so this wouldn't be an issue.

Ordered a set of Cross Climate 2's. DitchFinders are gone at 20K. Never bought a replacement set of Bridgestones, now never will.

End rant. Ask me what I really think.

I’ve been using Bridgestone alenza tires for the pst 11years on my Yukon denali and now my suburban. They ride and handle well and have great durability. I’ve never had to replace them before 55000 miles I tow up to 8500 lb car transports and boats without a problem . I live in PA and have driven numerous time in 12 inches snow at 70 mph on the highway and through the poconos in heavy wet snow in march on the back roads. Never had a problem getting by all the others stuck in a ditch or driving 30 mph on the highway in a single lane. . Great tires . Driving skill does matter. Ordering a new set this eeek.

 

[nthach]

Our 2019 Tiguan came with Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 Plus tires. They were horrible. Hard, slick, and noisy.

I wouldn’t even put those on a Prius - which they were developed for originally.