LRR Tires- No Longer being hyped?

65K WARRANTY

General - Altimax RT43
Performance Touring All Season
Size: 195/65R15

Load Index: 91 | Speed Rating: H


This dependable all-season touring tire offers powerful traction and high-tech safety features.

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60K WARRANTY

Cooper - Evolution Tour
Standard Touring All Season
Size: 195/65R15

Load Index: 91 | Speed Rating: H


Get a smooth, comfortable ride and confidence-building traction that’ll see you through just about any weather.

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@Starship16 are you still chafing with the noisy Premiers, or did you switch to one of the above? Defenders?

 

This should answer your question.....

And still not sure what to switch to. For now, I just TURN UP the radio!

 

I'm rolling on the OEM Bridgestone Turanza's. They are very smooth and not bad as far as road nose. Expensive tire though...

 

Hopefully what folks can get from this discussion is that opinions about tires, even the exact same tires, can vary widely. Everyone has different expectations and standards.

i've run a lot of different tires in the 150k we've had are car. I'd say our favorites so far are the Michelin Defenders. Only minor downside is that we did see a small overall MPG decrease with them.

We have the Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 now and are very pleased with them so far, we'll see how that opinion changes as they age. Early on, they are as grippy as the Defenders, but are giving us measurably better average MPG.

One thing I loved about the Defenders was that they had consistent grip, wear, and noise levels through their entire life span. Generally, the other tires I've run got louder and slicker as they wore.

Some of you guys get a LOT of miles out of your tires. Up here where are road surfaces are terrible, I feel pretty good if I get 40k out of a tire. For me, with the snow tire swap, that's about 3 "summers."

 

You are absolutely correct. Another person might ride with me, and say... "Tire noise? I don't hear anything."
Buy my Michelin's have gotten a little quieter when I adjusted the PSI back down to specs (36/35).

The big 3 recommendations in these forums seem to be:
Michelin
Bridgestone
Continental

There must be a dozen tire threads. They are still interesting to read. Maybe the moderator can create a separate tire category, and move all the conversations in there?

I like what you said about the Defenders: "One thing I loved about the Defenders was that they had consistent grip, wear, and noise levels through their entire life span."

 

moderator?

 

Chairman?

Whoever the heck makes the forum layout!! Take another shot of Jim Beam, bisco. And I want to see a new TESLA in that Boston garage!

And you sitting next to me on the "Mission to Mars!"'

 

cabernet to you, moonbeam

 

See the trailer, above

And "Moonbeam" is our crazy Governor.

 

should we start calling you guv?

 

Use your pull, bisco. And ask the moderator to please change my username to:
"The Terminator"

(The former Guv.)

 

we need a change of scenery

 

I drive more than 55k miles a year and I've gotten a lot out of mileage warranty claims. 50 dollars off a tire is a lot of money. I buy 70k rated tires. Just my experience, I just might be am exception.

 

Hey, be nice! I like Uncle Jerry!

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I used to drive 55-60,000 miles a year, for about 25 years..... Now it's about 30,000.

 

Yeah I tow it with my Gen 3 prius as well too. haha
I get about 34 mpg going 65 if I keep the cover on it.
Not bad considering I only get 41 mpg at 70 mph (gps... not 68 mph like the stock speedo reads) with the ac on. 44 with it off.
Honestly, The gen 1 Honda insight re92 is the best lrr tire ever created.
But going back to that yeah lrr tires wear weird so I've never found them worth it for all the horrible trade offs. Good quality tires can do both *get you a girl who can do bof.*

 

Interesting, your comment on Honda Insight Gen1 LRR stock tires. My observation is the tires made a significant fuel economy improvement over the standard radials I tested. However, I blame the TERRIBLE traction they provided for a surprising rear-ender I caused (at low speed); I couldn't believe the tires locked up the wheels at about 15mph, in spite of the anti-lock system. I consider this setup a dangerous characteristic of this car, and would even urge them to recall the car. It's possible the anti-lock brake system failed, but whatever the cause, the poor grip under dry braking is, I believe the fault of those tires.
In comparison, my 2012 PIP and my 2017 Prime Advanced demonstrate outstanding stopping performance during several very challenging stops over the years. Both cars were shod with standard Michelins during most of their lifetimes. All events occurred on dry roads.


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