GoodYear Fuel Max - Great so far. Buy them

Good to know thanks

 

Depending on how others on the forum feel about them I may try them out after my Nokian i3s wear out. I won't have to do that till sometime next year though.

What are you inflating them to and did you stick with the stock size?

 

May want to ask them what proof they will want before the prorating. I had to show every tire rotation and annual alignment when an 80k Michelin tire wore out at 40k and was told they did me a courtesy adjustment.

 

Those look like decent tires for the money. Im still on stock Goodyears, will be shopping for new ones later this year..unless something unforeseen happens to the current set.

50psi? man that has to be a harsh ride. Even @ 44/42 the ride is a bit to rought for my taste..so i let them around 40/38 the mpg difference is so slight it's worth the trade off in a more comfortable ride.

 

I also got the Fuel Max about a month ago. At the moment they don't seem quite up to my bald Integrities' mpg, but I'm this should improve as they wear. Last weekend my wife and I did a 400 mile roundtrip at 55 mph and averaged 63 mpg, which felt more in line with the Integrities. I ran my Integrities at 50/48 psi. I now have the Fuel Max at 54/52. The Fuel Max are very quiet.

PA P

 

If your old Integritys were near bald then you are most likely running a taller tire now and turning less RPMs and thus tracking lower miles than your Integritys did when bald. So keep that in mind while you are deciding if you like the new tires. They also have to break in which could take a couple thousand miles depending on how yuou drive.

 

Right, according to Michelin rolling resistance improves by 25% throughout the life of a tire.

PA P

 

Clearly you do not live in Pennsylvania, where the potholes alone would knock your fillings out at that tire pressure.

.... Brad

 

Aye. Keep us posted. I'm really interested in these tires!

 

Tire Rack has the Fuel Max at $75 a tire and the Assurance Comfortred for $84. Anyone have experience with the Comfortred as far as comfort, mpg, and traction?

 

On my second set of Comfortreds.
Quiet, comfortable, better wet traction, but 2-3 MPG hit.
The Integrities are real crap compared to the Comfortreds

 

Just had them put on the last weekend in April. Fuel mileage went up and ride and control are much better that they have ever been. Like a whole new car. Particularly good on the highway and much better in the rain than Integrity's.

 

P.S. Make sure they don't substitute regular assurance tire. These have a small gas gage.

 

Very nice. Thanks for the post. I'm at 20K on my Integrities and will buy soon. Torn between TT's and Comfort Treads . First I have heard of Fuel max. I like quiet tires. Are they quiet and at what tire pressure are you running please? My Int's howl at anything above 40 psi. I get great mileage but am cursed with really good hearing and hear everything in the car/ all my cars and its just annoying but man are Integrities loud
especially when there cold and pumped up to like 44. Pure crap. Thank you.

 

The Assurance Fuel Max tires that I have were put on with the standard 35/33 PSI. They are P-metric radials so they can be pumped to 51 PSI but I haven't tried that yet. Waiting to see what mileage I have with the standard inflation. They are extremely quiet compared to Integrity's but that is purely speculative on my behalf. But I'm a little different than most people because I spend the first few minutes with no radio listening for different sounds in my car to make sure everything is normal. Road noise was cut in half was my first impression with the Fuel Max. Those were with 50+ mile trips to and from the airport so the first full trips were much longer than normal which is usually less than 5 miles mostly city driving. The trip home from the airport was in the pouring rain and very windy. I noticed even then fuel mileage stayed quite high. I've gone 110 miles on this tank and the computer says 49.7 mpg. And I usually only refuel once a month so it'll be awhile.

As I've said previously, makes it feel like a whole new car.

 

I have a set of TT's and CT's that I switch back and forth when I do the rotation, so the differences are really pronounced. Each time I do it, it's like driving a different car. The TT's handle much better, but are somewhat noisier and harsher riding. The CT's are much quieter and smoother riding than the TT's, but handling isn't as precise. Seems you can't get both better handling and quieter ride in 1 tire. I run the CT's at higher pressure 44/42 and the TT's at 40/38. There is little or no difference in fuel consumption between the 2. In any event, either tire is a huge improvement on the stock Integritys. I will consider the FuelMax when these tires wear out.

 

I've posted this elsewhere, but here's a link to the Goodyear site page where Goodyear itself rates and compares the handling and comfort characteristics of the Goodyear Fuel Max, ComforTred, TripleTred and Integrity. It's interesting because it's the manufacturer's own assessment. But I wouldn't take it as gospel.

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