What tires did your Prime come with?

Less side-wall flexing.

 

Tirerack has this Toyo NanoEnergy A29 | P195/65R15 but not sure if it is OEM tire that is on Prime. Mine came with Dunlop.
I had similar incidence of unfixable flat tire on my early ownership of previous Gen3. I ended up purchasing two new tires to put on the car, and took the one good tire opposite of the flat one put on separately purchased rim to be used as full size garage spare.

 

Thanks! ordered one! cant be having mismatched this early on

 

Dunlop Enasave.
Purchased a take off rim on Ebay and a Dunlop enasave tire for a spare.

 

Local Toyota dealership quotes the Xi3 at $123/tire and the Hakapeliitta R2 at $128/tire. Since both are so nearly priced and speced performancewise, I might as well stick with the R2s again. (I just wish they didn't have a quiet "howl in the night" sound. Do most winter tires do that?) They quoted the Blizzak WS-80 at $140/tire... which I thought was a bit nuts given that they may be a higher rolling resistance than the other models and not last as many winters.

 

When cars are delivered to the dealership the tires are usually set to max sidewall. The logic is to avoid flat-spotting the tires during protracted shipping and/or while sitting at dealership. Pre-Deliver Inspection (which you pay through the nose for) is supposed to include adjustment of tire pressures, down to spec.

Whoever repaired the flat set that one tire to spec.

 

So, our local dealership has done Buy 3 tires get the fourth for $1 deal seasonally around the time that tire changes happen.

My plan was, when I switch out my winter tires, to keep one of the Nanocrappers (which come with the Advanced package) in the car as a spare tire. Why? Because I don't like the noise or "meh"-ness of those tires compared to something like the Ecopia EP422 (which come with the Premium package) or Energy Saver.

Toyota's argument about "saving weight" to not have a spare tire is ridiculous anyway:

One Nanocrapper tire to carry as a spare: 15 pounds
Combined weight of manuals, cargo cover, charger, and goup kit: also 15 pounds

So, the cost to fuel economy is negligible.

So, when I switch to all seasons, and if I keep the Nanocrappers as a backup, I may consider a deal to get better LRR tires. So, which would be better for less road noise and overall longevity: the Ecopia EP422 or the Energy Saver?


Edit: Also, I'm not really a "car guy" at all, but I didn't realize that I hadn't taken in to account how to get the air back in to the tire that's replacing a bad tire, until after I posted. So, in the event of a flat on the road, how would I get the old/flat/bad tire off (I mean, just the tire, not the wheel or alloy or anything like that, just the tire, literally only the tire), how would I then get the new tire on to the alloy, and how do I put the air back in so that I can keep going?

^ Also, if I can't do that myself on the side of the road, then, how do I get a matching Prime alloy to go with the spare tire and how much would that weigh?

 

Give your head a shake, stick with your current tires, run them down. Maybe get a temp spare (tire/rim combo) if you like. It'll weigh more than 15 pounds, but no big deal

 

Toyo Nano Energy.

 

The cars are lashed in place. The higher inflated tires bounce less, so there is less chance of the lashings coming loose as the ship rolls and heaves in a rough sea.

 

There's holes for locking pins on the underbody, at least I think that's their purpose. Two of them, just inboard of the rear scissor jack locations. Part of PDI is to push in plastic covers on these holes.

 

Reading all the bad comments on the Toyo tires, Im a little scare now

I have the Toyos and live in New England.

 

Don't be scared. Be happy that you'll replace them sooner with something much better. My (miserable) Toyo Proxes on my Gen3 lasted to about 29,000 miles. Well, more accurately, two of them lasted that long. Replaced them with Ecopia 422's. My Prime happened to come with the Ecopia's. Still, I'll bet those are the crappy versions and I'll still replace them at about 30K.

The worst case scenario is that crappy tires last too long.

 

I thought the made in Japan Ecopia EP422 Plus (there are three iterations, no less) were fairly respected?

 

maybe. I'll let you know in about 25,000 more miles.

 

I have 7000 miles on my Toyos, and the rear pair that was rotated had only 6/32 left.

 

The Toyos aren't that bad, I keep mine at~ 42psi and have not had issues, but, 99+% of my driving has been in dry weather (we only had ~ 5days with rain in the last 10 months )
Having said that, my next set of tires will most likely be Michelin Energy savers ...

 

hmm, at my 20k service front had 7/32 and rear 6/32

 

When I had my Prius c, with GY FuelMax tires, after about 20,000 miles with low to mid-40s psi, the tread was 6/32, and man they were noisy tires. So, I don't get how your Toyo tires, for what they're worth, would run down to 6/32 after only 7,000 miles. Are they more sensitive to heat/hot tarmac?

 

I drive primarily in the city and fairly aggressively. Will be prioritizing treadwear and grip on the next tire obviously.