Owen Lucas
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4 Forgestar 9x19 forged aluminum wheels shod with Michelin AS3+ 255/40/19 on my 2020 Q60 AWD
Continental DWS6+ 275/45/20 on my wife’s 2022 Honda Passport
Continental DWS6+ 275/45/20 on my wife’s 2022 Honda Passport
Those would fit my 22 Acadia, but they don’t come in E-rated and 17/32” tread.
last month received 4 Michelin X-Ice Snows with date code 1722 and 4 17” hub-centric RTX Black rims for my new Lexus ES 350 F-Sport for the crazy winters we have here. They perform really well, we have received well over 12” of snow thus far. I bought them through a supplier I never used before, but had heard good things about: blackcircles.ca, out of Quebec. Happy with the deal.
I want those on my Impreza but I only have 15k on the OE tires. Can't justify buying new tires especially since I just bought 2 sets of tires for 2 other cars in the last 45 days. Almost bought them for my Legacy though.
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I got a set of Michelin Cross Climate II for my 2005 CR-V. 215/65R16. Picked them up online at Costco a couple of months back on sale, after missing a couple of previous sales due to no stock.
The previous set was Michelin Premier and I only got 60,000km or 32,000 miles. They had a known issue with early wear.
The new ones were loud for a few days but settled in and offer a very quiet ride and they have much improved wet traction. The CR-V is a manual and it no longer slips when starting out uphill on wet roads. Very pleased so far.
The previous set was Michelin Premier and I only got 60,000km or 32,000 miles. They had a known issue with early wear.
The new ones were loud for a few days but settled in and offer a very quiet ride and they have much improved wet traction. The CR-V is a manual and it no longer slips when starting out uphill on wet roads. Very pleased so far.
OHSTU FP7000 tires for my daily. I quite like em even tho they are a bit softer then I am used to. But I intentionally went with a 'sporty' touring type tire over my usual UHP AS choice.
I have snows for winter and race tires when I race. These so far have been lovely
I have snows for winter and race tires when I race. These so far have been lovely
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Walmart house tires. Was very happy with my General Exclaim HPX's and recommended them several times on this board. Replaced them with Wally only Goodyear Reliants about eight thousand miles ago, and so far I think I like them better than the Generals. Suprising cause I was never much of a Goodyear fan. Seem quieter and maybe better traction. We'll see how they do in winter.
it will be tested soon
2012 Honda Odyssey, 145k miles
Off: Pirelli Scorpion Verde AS +2 after 32k miles
On: Continental Truecontact Tour
Off: Pirelli Scorpion Verde AS +2 after 32k miles
On: Continental Truecontact Tour
Picked this set up about a month ago for $300. Enkei EDR9, Riken all season tires. Seller had just purchased them new this past spring and did less than 1k miles on them. Was told one of the wheels is defective, had a vibration that couldn’t be balanced out. I found that fairly odd because the wheels were not damaged or curbed in any way. I figure it’s probably the cheap riken tires because I doubt enkei would have QC problems. I’ve yet to run them on my car as it’s on it’s winter set now, but once spring rolls around they’re going on. Worse case, I’m out $60 if it’s the tire, $200 if it’s the wheel.
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Meet 245/40/R19 Kumho Solus Tires on 19x8.5 ET40 Axe CS Lite Hyper Black Wheels on a 2020 Transit Connect w/ minimal scrubbing over speed humps and railroad tracks. Next up.. 40mm rear lowering springs from Cobra Coil, Netherlands.
I have a '23 Audi RS5 Coupe on order, due in Spring '23, but I couldn't resist a once-a-year BF sale on a set of Vorsteiner VPX-101 Forged Monoblock Wheels for the RS5:
These will likely get 275/30R20 Michelin PS4s mounted to them just before the RS5 is delivered for use during the spring, summer, and early fall.
These will likely get 275/30R20 Michelin PS4s mounted to them just before the RS5 is delivered for use during the spring, summer, and early fall.
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Update: Sadly, after driving to the store yesterday evening and getting caught in traffic, we swerved to avoid a few cars and put the front of the van into a slide. Clearly the Kumho tires are crap even at the correct PSI the tries look near flat.. They are handling just like the Nitto tires we had on the van earlier. This will make the 5th tires we've had to take back to Discount tire.. Our options are running low. The main issue is that all those tires we've tried have weak side walls even though they are listed as being suitable for our load index/load rating.. the search continues.
June: Pep Boys 14" Starfires [US made by Cooper]. $480, tires, installation, balance and alignment. Whatever happened to Cornell????
Dec: Simple Tire 13" Montreals [Made in Turkey] $378 all in. Shipped to Brake Max a Simple Tire certified installer.
Will never do that again. Brake Max wasn't exactly enthusiastic.
I just got nervous at the lack of availability of 13" tires here in town and went the drop ship route. Yes, I know: Coker and others... too expensive. Sorry. The ones I got from Big O were purchased in 13. Dated 08 and 2011. Didn't realize how much time had passed, but the driver's side tire developed a fast leak. The heat, time and sunlight made the sidewalls develop a lot of cracks. They had truly aged out.
13" used to be so common. I even remember their old bias ply code: A78-13.
These new 13" tires will go on the Olds Calais in the summer when I get the Mopar small bolt Rallye wheels and go up to 14"ers on the Valiant. {I'll drive to Discount Tire this time}. The Olds and Plymouth both take the same size 13".
14s in the future for the Olds as well. Everything is a defensive move when you keep cars for decades
Dec: Simple Tire 13" Montreals [Made in Turkey] $378 all in. Shipped to Brake Max a Simple Tire certified installer.
Will never do that again. Brake Max wasn't exactly enthusiastic.
I just got nervous at the lack of availability of 13" tires here in town and went the drop ship route. Yes, I know: Coker and others... too expensive. Sorry. The ones I got from Big O were purchased in 13. Dated 08 and 2011. Didn't realize how much time had passed, but the driver's side tire developed a fast leak. The heat, time and sunlight made the sidewalls develop a lot of cracks. They had truly aged out.
13" used to be so common. I even remember their old bias ply code: A78-13.
These new 13" tires will go on the Olds Calais in the summer when I get the Mopar small bolt Rallye wheels and go up to 14"ers on the Valiant. {I'll drive to Discount Tire this time}. The Olds and Plymouth both take the same size 13".
14s in the future for the Olds as well. Everything is a defensive move when you keep cars for decades
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