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I had a set of Goodyear Eagle Sport on a 2013 KIA Optima. They were decent tires. The had good wet and dry performance. There are better tires out there. Will I buy anymore Goodyear tires? I doubt it!
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The Exhilarate seems to perform at the top of the heap: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=259
It's also the best performing UHP tire in Consumer's Reports testing as well.
Hard to think they both got it wrong. It seems they hit a winner on this one.
Hadn't seen that test. Good to know. Thanks
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Was looking at the Cooper Evolution on the web … anybody running that tire ?
So they're loud and not so great in the rain.
That makes for an excellent all season tires?
I'm easily confused.
I did not say they were "not so great in the rain." I said "grip on wet could be a bit better" There's always room for improvement. A/S tires are a compromise. The Eagle Sport All-Season 4 are very good on dry and good on wet. I find them superior to some other A/S tires I've had. The noise is only noticable near EOL. I hope I have been able to clear up your confusion.
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Talking about tires and their performance is fine.
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I’d be more comfortable running a Walmart Douglas tire made by GY than of their budget or mid tier tires. Douglas tires are made in the US and about 52 dollars for a 16 inch. I think because GY is held accountable by WM is why they’re decent. GY top tier tires are good but at that price point I’d rather go with a manufacturer that doesn’t make a lot of duds.
Goodyear’s competitors have been producing higher quality, better performing tires at comparable prices for quite some time now. Even my local tire shop recently replaced his giant Goodyear banner that had been up for the past 8 years with a Continental sign.
The last time I went in for a set of tires, the venerable but dated GY Comfortred Touring tires came in $23/tire higher than a better performing, quieter, and similarly warrantied Continental Pure LS. To top that, the Continentals had a $25/tire rebate bringing the price difference to $48/tire.
The last time I went in for a set of tires, the venerable but dated GY Comfortred Touring tires came in $23/tire higher than a better performing, quieter, and similarly warrantied Continental Pure LS. To top that, the Continentals had a $25/tire rebate bringing the price difference to $48/tire.
I have the ideal tire, Michelin A/S 3+ I'm running 4 on my CTS-V. Phenomenal tire. Also, when people see Michelin they know bought a premium tire and obviously you care about what matters, performance!
Good Year seems to be lagging behind for the money.
Good Year seems to be lagging behind for the money.
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We have been pleased with these in the past. I dont know the latest on them, and/or if there have been any material upgrades in recent times...
More accurately: they know you overpaid for a NAME.
FWIW, I was happy with the Assurance TripleTred. But the RS-As on my parent’s car I can’t wait to replace. Goodyear’s OEM tires are about equal to Bridgestone IMO.
Their truck efforts look promising - the current Eagle F1 series are a European effort. Goodyear has rights to the Dunlop brand in the US and Europe, but Sumitomo just got it back for Japanese OEM and motorcycle tires.
Their truck efforts look promising - the current Eagle F1 series are a European effort. Goodyear has rights to the Dunlop brand in the US and Europe, but Sumitomo just got it back for Japanese OEM and motorcycle tires.
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Fine and good … but Conti’s are some of the fastest tires to wear out that I have ever purchased …
Think I’m going to try the Cooper Evolution on the Tahoe in another 10k …
I had put some of the newer Truecontact Tour tires on my Ford a year or so before I got rid of it. I put 35K miles on them and they wore from 10/32” to just a tad over 7.5/32”. For tires that were rated for 80K, they were tracking to exceed their warranty claims which would be 1/32” per 10K miles driven.
I would have hoped they have fixed the short tread life - Conti, Pirelli and Bridgestone are known to wear quickly. Michelin, Yokohama and to a degree Goodyear deliver close to advertised mileage with some exceptions. If there is one thing that is true, I’ve seen OEM Goodyears go past the 30-40K mark before replacement.
of course, your car and driving conditions vary.
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