Which Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max? 89S or 89H

My 2013 Prius II came with the Goodyear Assurance 89S tires. It just turned over to 15000 yesterday. They have been rotated regularly at 5000 mile intervals. SO far, so good. No complaints with them yet.

 

Good to know. I was just googling lrr tires that don't seem to cost a fortune and wasn't sure which either, the h or s.

 

The S will likely provide better fuel economy. The H will likely handle better.

The Ecopia EP422 is generally better than the FuelMax but similar in a lot of ways. Though the EP422 offers good snow traction for a LRR all-season tire.

 

Any suggestions for an all season tire for those of us in that south? We get snow and ice on rare occasions, this year not withstanding. For us, it only gets below freezing a few weeks a year As I have stated the stock Yokos have no complaints from me and at 42/40 I expect a bit of a stiff ride.

 

The 'H' rated tire is a little heavier and safer at speeds higher than our Pri can attain.... so it gets a little better treadwear score and temperature score... to me a safer tire but likely at the cost of a little more fuel over it's slightly longer life.

Roland

 

Thanks for the info. I was at Goodyear when the p metrics were becoming OEM and z rated tires were hitting the market. We were still selling bias ply (non-radial) "letter" designated tires for boat trailers and older cars so I'm a little behind on much of the industry lingo. Heck, I remember when car companies bragged about RTS (radial tuned suspension) and ogling the first set if radial "60s" I installed on a late 70's Trans Am. I've been googling myself to sleep catching up.

 

The Michelin Energy Saver A/S is still my recommendation for a 15" Prius tire assuming you don't need snow traction. It's tough to beat in overall economy and maintaining decent performance in its class. For better wet traction the continental TrueContact (standard tire) or PureContact (grand touring) are better choices but you'll sacrifice some mpg.

 

Personally I am considering the Continental Pure Contact or Nokian WRG3's as my next set of tires. In both cases I am hopeful that they will suit the climate up here, much like Seattle I suppose, with warm dry summers, mostly wet with occasional snow but frequent early morning black ice patches and a hilly landscape.

those two tires might let me run them all year without the change over hassle and still provide reasonalble service life without a huge hit in terms of fuel consumption.

Anyone have either of those tires, or maybe another "all weather" tire to suggest?

Roland

 

Does anyone here change cars in winter? I have a friend in Indiana who stores people's nice cars in the winter to drive their salt eaten ones.

 

Look at the Bridgestone Ecopia EP20. Very quiet and long lasting. I got 60k out my last. They are quieter than the Goodyears as we had the those on my wife's Prius and they got louder as the miles went.

 

I checked with directly Bridgestone and they stated that the Ecopia EP20 is more fuel efficient than the EP422. We replaced our Goodyear Fuel max with the EP422 on one Prius and much quieter and also replace Ecopia EP20 with the same on the other Prius.