Car tire recommendations

[tomtirediron]

Well my lovely wife has finally suceeded in wearing out a set of tires on our daily driver.
You know, gotta drive to town 22 miles R.T. daily cause "bread wasn't on sale yesterday" Any recommendations as to brand and model tire for 2007 Ford Taurus/215-60R-16. Thanks, Tom B.

 

[DownSouth]

My last tire purchase was at Discount Tire. There is one near me which helped, but honestly what I liked the most was being able to look through their webpage and read all the customer reviews on each tire I had an interest in. Worth the time to look, and you can always find the tire you like locally too.
Discount Tire

 

[Mark - IN.]

Discount is a good place. They sell and service most major brands.

I've had new trucks and cars come with GoodYear and done well, and replaced them with Firestone and done well. One of my pickups has Michelin LTXs on it that are great road tires, not worth a squat off of pavement, so won't do that tread design again.

I've been using Coopers on one of my pickups, and one of the cars with good luck, and just ordered a set of CS4 Touring 80,000 mile for the '00 Jeep Cherokee, so we'll see what happens. I've taken to Coopers. One of my pickups had a set of Coopers on it when I bought it that were phenominal all around tires, especially in the snow, but they didn't last long and they don't make those anymore. But, I replaced then with another tread design by Cooper, and like them.

If you ask me, they all probably make real good tires, and not so good tires. Whats close to home for you? Oh, and beware of warranties. The only reason that I say that, was in a Firestone dealer one time and this lady came in driving her Corvette that had expensive tires she bought from that particular store, and one of them was defective and she needed it replaced, and was losing air badly. They told her that although they sold her the tires and were a Firestone franchise, they were not a Firestone "corporate" store, so they didn't do the warranties, that she needed to take it to a "corporate" store, and the nearest two were like 10 miles and 30 miles away. She ended up having to be towed. So, if warranty is a consideration, ask up front with whoever you buy them from.

Walmart sells and services many brands to, seven days per week.

Good luck.

Mark

 

[dixon boy RL]

yousay its OUR daily driver butyou blame her? any way just put another set on and go. you want complain about tires become rural mail carrier. doesn't make any difference brand or price get same about out of all. 2-3months then new set again. have to be ten plys at least also.

 

[Lamar Fudd]

This is the message I got from Discount Tire. Too often these 'online' companys only want to handle what moves the quickest. We're Sorry. . .

We do not show a match for the Year and Make you have selected. Please return to the previous page and verify the Year and Make you have entered.

 

[Leroy]

Rual mail carrier is about same as rual newspaper delievery. Quit after over 15 years at age 66. Would were out a 80,000 mile tire in 12,000 miles. Got so only tires I was buying were from parts yards and the price of those got to where I could not afford them. 130 mile of stop and go driving on all kind of roads 6 days a week will do them in fast. At times I was putting on a different tire every week and brakes every 2,000 mile. That 130 mile averaged 3 stops per mile.

 

[tomtirediron]

Oh yes if I was REALLY blaming her I'd be on a public forum. READ: JOKE. How many miles you putting on in 3 monthes time? Ten ply mostly gravel what? Have no idea what the guys here get but whenever someone gets the route they seem to hang on to it.

 

[tomtirediron]

Posted about same time as you did... WOW thats some serious wear. No thank you

 

[DownSouth]

As far as I know Discount isn't an online company, but rather a company that has a web site like most companies these days....even many Mom and Pop places.
As for entering car make and model, as I recall I bypassed that and entered the size I wanted and got an array of choices, then I began reading the reviews customers had posted about the tires they bought. The particular tire I bought only had a few negatives and that was for poor handling in snow conditions, but living in S. Texas that didn't matter to me. Good information from the people who buy them and run them, not a story from the seller or manufacturer that want's you to buy them.

 

[Mike M]

How many miles are on the originals now ? If they held up decent you may want to get the same ones.

For me it seems that tires never last too long and newer ones get worse and worse. If I find one I like by the next time it is redesigned and after I buy it I find out it isn't any good now either.

 

[jackinok]

first, look up on the net,the differences in road tires,allweather tires,and snow mud tires.big wear differences between the three. decide first which of those three would fit your needs best.according to consumer reports,the very best tread wear and things come from regular road tires and they are best in snow. all weather tires are the worst to use on pavement and for wear and are actually worst in snow for traction but are better in mud.I like michlins myself but i only put them on the wifes car,for my pickups that see almost constant gravel road ,or pasture use,i use mostly six ply or more all terrains.they dont wear as long because they are made of harder rubber,but i dont get near as many flats.Ive honestly had good luck with kumos(sp) tires on them.they are cheaper than some and dont wear as long as i would like of course but they are what most of the tire shops around here have if i need to replace one.

 

[hd6gtom]

Go to your local tire shop and buy Cooper or Kelly built tires. They are the only thing that lasts on our rock roads. How are the struts and the alignment?

 

[Bob - MI]

I had that same car and had 2 sets of Kelly Springfields on it. The 2nd set was so far out of round that they replaced 2 of them. I would not buy another set of Kelly's based on that experience.

Sounds like you want cheap tires. If so shop around and go low-end. If not get on-line and check out reviews at Tire Rack for tires that will fit your car. Take the ratings and then shop the best brands and styles.

I have Michelin Hydro Edge tires on my 2006 Impala and I am happy with them in the wet and snow. They have 90,000 mile tread warranty and she could go to the store a lot.

Does your wife really drive 22 miles for a loaf of bread? If so save money long term and buy a freezer.

 

[bob15]

Cooper or their "off brand" Mastercraft

 

[Smart Arse guy]

Buddy of mine put over 80k miles on a set of Good Years on a 1999 ranger truck. Yep 80,000 miles. He bought another set of Good Years for that Ranger, that Ranger now has over 230k miles on it.

 

[Mark6005]

My 2008 Colorado with 71000 had a flat this week bought 2 new to put on the front kept the rears they still look good. Original generals

 

[Dachshund]

Anything BUT Goodyear.....

 

[Don-Wi]

My preference goes to Cooper for a lower cost high quality tire. My wifes car got Lifeliner GLS's put on this summer, and my car got the CS4 Touring tire. Both cars handle great and ride smooth & quiet. My truck currently gets whatever I can get cheap as it's on it's way out the door. Right now it's a set of BFG's that the previous home owner left behind and were the right size for mine with atleast 1/2 tread left.

Donovan from Wisconsin

 

[ASEguy]

Michelins hands down. Then Bridgestone, Cooper and Kelly. Look at the UTQGS before you buy. The higher the number, the better mileage you'll get out of a tire. Every 100 = 20,000 miles. So if it says 300 it would get 60,000 miles. The UTQGS also has the tire rating for wet traction and temperature resistance. Tires I wouldn't buy are General, Dunlop, Goodyear.

 

[RandyB(MI)]

I have to agree with Don on the Coopers. I have them on '99 Suburban and the CS4 on '03 PT Cruiser. Suburban didn't surprise me but those CS4,s on the light PT sure exceeded my expectations. Going on 2 yrs now and looking and handling great. Had 6" of wet snow yesterday and they handled it great even after miles on them. AND THEY ARE AMERICAN MADE!!!! They were $425 on the car and out the door. All the "overseas" junk still goes for $350> and won't last. A bargain and the $$$$$ stays here.RB

 

[tomtirediron]

THANKS TO ALL, Heading to Minneapolis for the week,will shop around there.I see they have several Discount tire stores in metro, I guess we'll see what they have.

 

[buickanddeere]

Climate, temps, precipitation, road surface etc ?