My 2008 Prius has 83,000 miles and tires that are very old (think about 6-7 years old). I need new tires ASAP. The Goodyear Assurance tires are about $315 with a $40 discount. The Cooper Ultra Touring would be $405 with 10% off and $50. back. I am looking for the tire that would be the best and last the longest. The price would be pretty similar due to the discounts. Any advice?
I just bought 4 Pirelli P4s for $52 each at Walmart. Considering the 90,000 mile warranty and decent reviews for traction and fuel economy, I think it's an absolute steal. Unfortunately they're up to $79 again at Walmart in the past two days, but they're still $52 on Amazon here:
Uniform Tire Quality Grading - Wikipedia Cooper Tire & Rubber Company - Wikipedia In addition to Avon, Cooper Tire manufactures tires under the associated brand names Dean, Mastercraft, Mickey Thompson, Roadmaster, and Starfire.[18] Cooper Tire formerly manufactured all tires sold under the Sears Guardsman brand at Sears, Roebuck & Co. stores. Cooper manufactures tires for Discount Tire Company under the Arizonian brand name, and Futura Tires for Pep Boys. Cooper Tire also manufactures Hercules branded tires in Findlay, Ohio. Cooper tires can be purchased at many tire retailers, like Tire Discounters, Pep Boys, Discount Tire, and more.
I needed two to replace a pair with one irreparable, but I figured I'd better buy 4 while they're so cheap.
Out of the two you mentioned, I'm not sure whether you meant the regular Assurance All-Season or the ComforTred, but the regular Assurance and the CS5 are very similar, so if you're set on one of those two, it should probably be whichever one is cheaper, since they're both 600UTQG rated and 65000 to 70000 mile warranty. The ComforTred, however, is just under $400 with a much longer life, an 80000 mile warranty and 740 UTQG rating. But then again, you could get the Pirellis I linked above for $210 with a 90000 mile warranty and 760 UTQG rating.
These must be the tires. Only ones for $52. Look like a steal Pirelli P4 FOUR SEASONS PLUS Performance Radial Tire - P185/65R15 88SL Brand: Pirelli
My parents suggested Cooper tires because there's no road hazard warranty. Also, I'd need to pay an additional $80 to install and the extra to dispose of my tires. The $210 would be about the same price as the Coopers which would be $311. Thanks!
It seems that the price has already risen on Amazon as well. I guess I'm glad I bought mine when I did then! In my area, installation isn't quite so expensive, with $15 installation including disposal being the norm, so for me it was a real deal. I didn't realize your prices were including installation already.
The price for Coopers was about $305 to $310 total with everything cheaper than I thought. Amazon's didn't include installation.
I just bought some Volt sized VIVA 3’s for $64 a tread I was wanting the $90 ecopias but the price recently skyrocketed on them so I will suffer a loss in fuel economy for a quite tire. I wanted old fashioned Goodyear Integrity’s (over VIVAs) because they were cheap LRRs but they no longer make the right size for my car so Viva 3 it is. Ive had good luck with Goodyear’s, the most recent Michelin’s on my car were sort of garbage, didn’t even get 30k out of them and lower economy than the OEM Goodyear’s
I heard some very bad things about Viva 3s while I was shopping, so I avoided them. Here's one article that looked into them a little bit. Are Goodyear Viva 3 All-season tires any good even though they're so cheap? - Alt Car news The thing is that for $66 pretty much anywhere you can get Kumho Solus TA11s which are probably a better option.
Someone recently posted recommendations from Consumer Reports......on here I think. The two that won on quiet AND LRR (mileage) were: Kumho Solus TA 11 and Bridestone Ecopia EP 422 I found the EP422 at about $103 each but can't find the Kumho in the right size for my C. Over my 60 or so years of occasionally buying the cheapest tires I could find, that has NEVER worked out good.
