Replacement Goodyear Tire Choices

DON'T BUY THE STOCK INTEGRITY TIRES

I live near Ft. Lauderdale and replaced my OEM Goodyear Integrities with Goodyear ComforTreds at 15,000 miles. The OEM's were worn to 5/32 out of 9/32 and were really starting to lose their grip; anyway, I typically change tires way before they get to the 2/32 danger point.

The Comfortreds are quieter, have excellent wet traction, handle better and have a longer tred life. The Integrities are really crap when compared to the Comfortreds. But, you will take a normal new tire hit of around 4MPG, which after a 2,000 mile break in will will settle in to a permanent 2MPG loss.

I have 30,000 miles on my Comfortreds that are now at 5/32 and they're showing no signs of poor handling; I plan to replace them with another set of Comfortreds at 35,000 miles. I know Goodyear claims a 60,000 mile tredlife for the Comfortreds, but I do a lot of high speed driving at 40/38 psi on our hot highways paved with lots of tire killing traction stuff like sea shells, etc. and I don't get good tred life with anything.

I buy my tires from Tire Rack. The Prius stock size 185/65-15 Comfortreds cost $78 each. If you buy a set by 4/5/08, you get a $40 Goodyear rebate, which more than pays for the shipping charges; they do not charge sales tax. Get them installed at your Toyota dealer to avoid damaging your tire pressure monitor system; my dealer charged me $48 to mount and balance all 4. With my next set of tires, Im going to add a Nitro-fill for an additional $40.

Hope this helps.

 

Re: If it works, don't fix it!

I've read a bunch of the threads too, and am curious as to why there aren't more definitive answers to some of these questions. However, your case should be an easy one. If you are satisfied with the Integrities, and it sounds as though you are other than perhaps the service-life aspect of them, consider simply replacing them with another set of Integrities for now. The fact that they may only last 30K miles might be a mild bummer, but consider the possibility that in a couple of years there just might be an 'improved' high-mileage tire that is consistently a 'best performer' on the Prius. Just a thought.....

 

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The Tire Rack is a good place to read customer reviews on tires. I've purchased 3 sets of tires through them and wouldn't hesitate to do so again.

 

Anyone try any of these wal-mart tires:

Goodyear viva 2 185/65 $80.00 (60,000)

Uniroyal Tiger Paw Touring $65.00 (80,000)

Uniroyal Tiger Paw Touring H/V $70.00 (does not say)

BF Goodrich Traction T/A (88T) $80.00 (70,000)

All these are cheaper than comfortred's and higher mileage warranties

also seen the goodyear viva's do very good on the rolling resistance charts...

 

Here is a post from another thread that may be helpful...

I live in Northern Michigan, which certainly isn't Southern California or Florida. We switched tires before our first winter; the OEM tires are simply not up to our snowy winters. We went with Micheline MXV4+ Energy low rolling resistance all-season tires in the same size as the OEMs. They have worked great for us: better handling, traction, and less road noise. The mileage has been the same. Micheline updated the tire since we bought ours, and now call it the MXV4 Primacy, or something to that effect.

Many other people on PC have reported good luck with Nokian WR-Gs, but I have no experience with them.

Tom
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We went with Micheline MXV4+ Energy low rolling resistance all-season tires in the same size as the OEMs. They have worked great for us: better handling, traction, and less road noise. The mileage has been the same. Micheline updated the tire since we bought ours, and now call it the MXV4 Primacy, or something to that effect.

I was considering this tire for replacement as early as next month with our stock Integrities just barely getting to 20K. In the past I've used this tire on a Volvo S60 AWD but was wondering if they have a special designation within the model as "low rolling resistance" or if that is the defacto characteristic of the tire?

 

Keep in mind that your mileage may suffer briefly and temporarily until the new tires are "broken in".

 

I made the mistake of buying Goodyear Comfortread tires to replace the OEM Integrity. I chose them because the salesman said they would have better tread wear and better mileage. (I already got 50K out of the Integrity so that was not an issue for me.) He was VERY WRONG about the mileage.

Since the installation I average 12% worse gas mileage. Stay away from the Comfortread if gas mileage matters to you.

 

I'm wondering whether the new Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max will give better mpg than the Integrity.

PA P

 

I have had the goodyear viva 2s from walmart and they lasted about 40,000 miles. Thats with regular alignments and inflated to 40/42 psi.

Here in TX, NTB (National Tire and Battery) does a TBC Tempest Touring tire. I didnt lost any mpg from the Viva 2's and they lasted 55,000 miles. Which isnt bad for the $60 a piece I paid for them.

 

Check if your tires were made in the USA. Integrity tires made in the USA are not the same as those made in Japan. You will see a small decrease in MPG with the US made tires (in addition to an apparent decrease due to a lower revolutions per mile of unworn tires).

Of the tires mentioned earlier, Michelin MXV4+ tires would slightly improve your MPG and the Nokian WRg2 tires (I have the earlier model WR) would improve your MPG by about 4%. Either would improve the handling of your Prius.

My current MPG records can be accessed by clicking on the "more info" button below.

JeffD

 

Absolutely DO NOT buy the Goodyear Integrities!!! Mine were gone @ 30K. Toyota replaced them free. The edges were completely worn out. I got the other tire they offered. The Yokohama Avids. I now have 18K on them and they don't appear worn at all. The Integrities edges were thin at 15K. Any tire you buy will get lower mileage for the first 5K. I average 47mpg and it lowered for awhile but now it is back. ANYTHING but the Integrities!!! JUNK!!!