Recent Consumer Reports rating of tires

[Donald]

The taxes and fees are included it that price. I don't live in NC. I follow this guy on Instagram. Why don't you screenshot those three photos and show them to your Ford dealer. I imagine that he will match the price.
Here's their website link.
https://www.stwdirect.com/about

I really think I should just find the best price on Continental tires like I currently have on. Walmart and Ford dealer are possibilities. Trying to factor in value of free lifetime rotation. Walmart offers that. I will ask Ford dealer. Or TireRack and local mounting.

Ask BJ if the can order Continental. None are listed.

 

[MParr]

I really think I should just find the best price on Continental tires like I currently have on. Walmart and Ford dealer are possibilities. Trying to factor in value of free lifetime rotation. Walmart offers that. I will ask Ford dealer. Or TireRack and local mounting.

Ask BJ if the can order Continental. None are listed.

Get the best prices from Walmart and others then present the quote to your Ford dealer. Make sure the quote is in printed form.
Here are the current deals at your Ford dealer.
https://www.ford.com/support/service-maintenance/coupons-offers-rebates/tire-coupons/

 

[Sequoiasoon]

Cooper ProControl​

All-Season Tires

It was rated in the middle...the catagory "all season tires', none were rated particularly high as that is a tough catagory to excel in all catagories of dry, wet and snow.

Which was basically what Tire Rack also said in their testing. Unsung Hero's of Daily Driver

 

[nthach]

I didn't know Discount Tire had their own branded tires. I've never seen them in any of my online searches, or in their stores.

DT/AT has exclusivity for Qingdao Sentury’s namesake brand in the US - Delinte/Landsail is their mass-market brands. The Mojave line is also made by Qingdao Century, while Kumho makes the Pathfinder/Road Hugger lines. Arizonan Silver Edition is made by Cooper. Conti and Yokohama make the TrueContact 54/Avid Ascend GT with a different tread as the ControlContact M/YK-GTX for DT/AT.

Michelin does make a version of the Defender series for Costco/Sam’s/BJ’s - the X Tour/X LT series.

 

[Thebigm]

Looking over the recent ratings from Consumer Reports.

Michelin has several top rated tires as does Continental and others.

What I find is Cooper has only one tire in the ratings and is not top rated.

It's may be hard to use the ratings as they seem to be for a sedan so it you have a pickup you may not find many tire models for you pickup.

Not sure just because Michelin has the top rated tire that all Michelin tires are top rated.

Consider the source if consumer reports

 

[KCJeep]

Also, the top line Goodyear was much lower in price than the equivalent Michelin.

The top tier pretty much everything is lower in price than the Michelins, thus why I have never paid the Michelin tax.

 

[BHopkins]

DT/AT has exclusivity for Qingdao Sentury’s namesake brand in the US - Delinte/Landsail is their mass-market brands. The Mojave line is also made by Qingdao Century, while Kumho makes the Pathfinder/Road Hugger lines. Arizonan Silver Edition is made by Cooper. Conti and Yokohama make the TrueContact 54/Avid Ascend GT with a different tread as the ControlContact M/YK-GTX for DT/AT.

Michelin does make a version of the Defender series for Costco/Sam’s/BJ’s - the X Tour/X LT series.

Ah. So they don't actually put their name on any tire. That makes more sense. Personally, I cannot fathom how anyone would buy a tier 3 tire, with a name like Qingdao or Delinte, and expect much out of them.

 

[Skippy722]

Actually Michelin makes several models of tires that are both extremely popular and well rated by both CR and users here.

Our Expedition has Michelins on it and I'm incredibly impressed with them. Looked up the price for them and I'd pay it for them when it's time for replacements and I'm now considering a set for the Challenger.

 

[HowAboutThis]

Looking over the recent ratings from Consumer Reports.

Michelin has several top rated tires as does Continental and others.

What I find is Cooper has only one tire in the ratings and is not top rated.

It's may be hard to use the ratings as they seem to be for a sedan so it you have a pickup you may not find many tire models for you pickup.

Not sure just because Michelin has the top rated tire that all Michelin tires are top rated.

Haven't ever had a Michelin not surpass the mileage rating. Two sets, again, currently on track for near 90-105k miles on an 80k warranty. Michelin makes phenomenal tires.

 

[HowAboutThis]

Our Expedition has Michelins on it and I'm incredibly impressed with them. Looked up the price for them and I'd pay it for them when it's time for replacements and I'm now considering a set for the Challenger.

Never had Michelin's not deliver exceptional wear and performance for the style of tire. From high speed ratings to boring sedan to pickup/truck. The cost per mile is great for a set of regular all seasons.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

We have several sets of tires and they perform very well.

Michelin Cross climate 2, Michelin X-ice , Bridgestone Blizzak WS 90 , and Michelin Defenders.

Had Nokian r5 but they weren’t on the car long enough to rate except very quite winter tire.

All great tires, but not cheap.

Curious to see how the updated Blizzak perform versus other top tires.

 

[tired]

Never had Michelin's not deliver exceptional wear and performance for the style of tire.

I have also had good experiences with Michelin. We have 30,000 miles on a set of Cross Climate 2s, and they are getting down to about 5-6/32" so the Discount Tire folks are starting to hassle us when we get the air checked now. So I was initially disappointed in them, but then I found this from Michelin. Michelin has a 60,000 mile warranty on these.

https://www.michelinman.com/auto/auto-tips-and-advice/tires-101/tire-tread-depth#tiretreadcheck

Seems that Michelin recommends you keep running them until you hit the wear bars. This is interesting, because Discount Tire will hassle you to no end to buy new ones at 5/32", contradicting Michelin themselves.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

I have also had good experiences with Michelin. We have 30,000 miles on a set of Cross Climate 2s, and they are getting down to about 5-6/32" so the Discount Tire folks are starting to hassle us when we get the air checked now. So I was initially disappointed in them, but then I found this from Michelin. Michelin has a 60,000 mile warranty on these.


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https://www.michelinman.com/auto/auto-tips-and-advice/tires-101/tire-tread-depth#tiretreadcheck

Seems that Michelin recommends you keep running them until you hit the wear bars. This is interesting, because Discount Tire will hassle you to no end to buy new ones at 5/32", contradicting Michelin themselves.

You can gently let them know that if they are willing to write them up and prorate them as being worn out prematurely with at least 50% credit toward new that you may be interested.

The problem with many is that by the time you get to 2/32" they may have hardened a lot. You may have lost of traction. You may have hydroplaned as water could not evacuated.

TireRack prorated some Pirelli Scorpion AT during covid as all were worn evenly but very odd wear patterns. I sent pictures, they didn't want the tires. The replacement Falken Wildpeak Trail wore out fast also but evenly but heading to winter wasn't worth the low tread. They wouldn't do anything since not all were at 2/32". IIRC they were all 3/32" with just over 30k and had like a 60k warranty.

Legal limit, treadwear warranty limit and actual wet/winter weather performance and safety unfortunately do not coincide.

The only tires I have had that didn't seem to hydroplane getting low was the Michelin Premier A/S on my sons Forte. We tried doing some less wise things and they just held even down at 3/32". I took advantage of some excellent sale and rebate prices and got him some new Continental TrueContact Tour's. He had many longer drives coming for work/school and I didn't want him to have issues.

 

[4wd]

"What surprised us is the sporty suspension on the new Camry."

Gonna need a big wing at this rate

 

[Sequoiasoon]

For me that is also something I feel many all weather tire owners don't realize or expect either. All my winter tires have separate wear bars at about 6/32". The "S" disappears on Conti's, the snowflake disappears on Nokians etc. Under 6/32" you lose the recommended tread depth for snow performance. On Bridgestone's you lose the MultiCell there and then they are horrible, like worse than all seasons IMO.

If I have to replace my tires at 6/32" for best winter performance, I might as well have the second rims/tires and do it correctly with tires correct for the seasons. Then maybe I can take the other ones down to 2/32" into the summer depending how much rain.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Our Expedition has Michelins on it and I'm incredibly impressed with them. Looked up the price for them and I'd pay it for them when it's time for replacements and I'm now considering a set for the Challenger.

I just replaced the excellent Pirelli P-Zero rubber on our '24 Tesla M3P with Michelin Pilot Sports. They felt great first, now they are broke in, I think. OMG.

 

[dubber09]

12 or so years ago, Cooper did have a highly rated ultra high performance summer tire by CR. I think it was number 2 or 3 in the ratings. I bought a set and thought they were okay, but went back my usual Continental or Michelin options. I found they got pretty noisy as they wore during the first year of use.

Question is, how would a top rated tire back 12 years ago compare today? Tires improved in design, composition, production process and QC over those years in general.
Also, top rated tire may be such while new but be junk rated when under 3 years old and having under 30k miles on it.
Some brands are not highly rated as a whole but they may have a tire model or two that are very good to excellent.

 

[HowAboutThis]

I have also had good experiences with Michelin. We have 30,000 miles on a set of Cross Climate 2s, and they are getting down to about 5-6/32" so the Discount Tire folks are starting to hassle us when we get the air checked now. So I was initially disappointed in them, but then I found this from Michelin. Michelin has a 60,000 mile warranty on these.


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https://www.michelinman.com/auto/auto-tips-and-advice/tires-101/tire-tread-depth#tiretreadcheck

Seems that Michelin recommends you keep running them until you hit the wear bars. This is interesting, because Discount Tire will hassle you to no end to buy new ones at 5/32", contradicting Michelin themselves.

Yes, from what I saw on Michelin's website, they say to run to the minimum as they are made to perform all the way to the legal limit

 

[CapriRacer]

Yes, from what I saw on Michelin's website, they say to run to the minimum as they are made to perform all the way to the legal limit

That's the way I read what they said, too! But I think they are being misleading.

Every test I see says that wet traction decreases with tread depth. You could argue about where it becomes "dangerous - worthy of replacement", but I haven't seen anyone presenting data that contradicts that traction gets worse as the tire wears.

What I think they are trying to say is that their tires have better wet traction even at 2/32nds, than other brands have. I wish they wouldn't try to make that claim the way they are making it.

 

[MParr]

That's the way I read what they said, too! But I think they are being misleading.

Every test I see says that wet traction decreases with tread depth. You could argue about where it becomes "dangerous - worthy of replacement", but I haven't seen anyone presenting data that contradicts that traction gets worse as the tire wears.

What I think they are trying to say is that their tires have better wet traction even at 2/32nds, than other brands have. I wish they wouldn't try to make that claim the way they are making it.

I'm here to say that I had a set of Michelin LTX M/S 2 that became unsafe at 5/32 and 5 years old. I don't rely on wear bars or marketing statements to dictate when tires need replacing.