Recently I replaced my Integrity's with the hard to find ContiPremierContact in the OEM 185/65/R15 size. I bought these because they were rated best by consumer reports for rolling resistance. They are also have 600 treadwear (80,000 miles), 88T load rating (higher than OEM) and 51 psi max sidewall rating. The improvement in traction, ride and road noise was quite noticeable. But the FE hit for me was intolerable. After 1800 miles, my FE did not recover, so I pulled the wheels/tires off and am running used Integrity's on steel wheels. Since then my FE has recovered. So there are a few options. If you want to trade, you could trade your alum wheels with Integrity's for my alum wheels with the conti's, even trade, assuming there is good wear left on the Integrity's. Or we could just trade tires. Or you could buy my conti's for best offer plus $80 for shipping. Or I could just buy your Integrity's, for $120-$160 shipped depending on the treadwear. I live in Raliegh NC area and would be willing to meet half way to avoid shipping charges. PM me with questions. Thanks, Dan
I have a 140 mile per day commute, 100 miles on the interstate at 60 MPH. My daily commutes dropped from 60 MPG to 54, then recovered to 56-57 within 500 miles. No change since then on the last 1300 miles so I feel that the tires have been broken in. I track FE, temp, wind speed and direction for each commute and I am comparing apples to apples. If you drive faster the difference is much less, about 2 MPG at 70-75 MPH. The culprit seems to be rolling resistance. I have now lost all confidence in Consumer Reports. Dan
Would it really only cost $80 for shipping? Where did you price that? I have 4 Integrities in my laundry room that I replaced at 1200 miles (replaced with Hydroedges).
$80 is an estimate. I would charge actual shipping cost. I chose $80 because thats what i paid for some tires bought on ebay. Also, the ContiPremierContacts I bought from tiresonline costed $96 to ship. Yes, I got skewered but that was the only place that I could find them. I would pay $20 each for your Integritys plus actual shipping cost.
Sure you can buy them, but they are expensive. I would rather buy them from someone who doesn't want them.
That makes sense. I've seen several people wanting to get rid of their integrities over the last several months, so you should be able to find some.
Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but I just wanted to mention that the fault is not entirely with Consumer Reports. The real problem is that there are almost no good RR tires being made any more, almost all were discontinued in the SUV/muscle car boom of late. That may change soon, but there are very few currently available. The Bridestone B381's and Goodyear Integrity's are pretty much the sole remainders, and neither of these were tested by CR as they are oem tires. These tires come in at 0.006x and 0.007x respectively. The best tires tested by CR (your conti's, and the Michelin X-radials for example) I believe come in at mid to high 0.008x. The rest are easily up the in the 0.009-0.011 kind of range. Exact data is hard to come by and often inconsistent though, as manufacturers are not currently required to test for or publish RR data. Rob
