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Michelin Tires

Chevelle_Nut

Chevelle_Nut

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Sitting at the tire store with my wife's Fusion, 205000 miles and her Michelins are worn out. I am getting a pro-rata, buying Yokohamas, they are wearing nicely on my Fusion.

Michelin tires are not what they once were.
 
Really? How many miles did you get on them? When I swapped Lisa's michelins for new ones right before we went to NC, she had 75k miles on them and they could have easily gotten another 5k miles (they were rated for 80k miles).
 
One of the best wearing tires I've had were Generals, had them on a 96 Lumina van, got 80K & could have squeezed a few more.
 
I like the Michelin Defenders on my Ram but not many miles on them yet, they ride nicer than the Toyo’s that were on it
 
As a rule, you can't go wrong with Michelins. Choosing the correct wear rating ins important for long life on any tire. Yokohama and Hankook are god tires as well. I'd walk before I bought Generals, GM used them on a lot of Buicks and at 6K miles, 8 out of 10 of them had separared and they would not stand behind them. I was asked to leave a tire seminar once back then when I kept asking the General rep questions that he could/would not answer. Of the approx 50 advisors that were in attendance, about 12 got up and walked out after they ejected me. The facilitator literally grabbed one guy by the arm and said if you don't complete the seminar, you won't get credit. He said fuck you and fuck your credit, if you are not going to help us you can all get in one car and go to hell together. Wish I'd thought of that... BWT, I did get credit for it:)
 
Wonder why that never made it into the news. Firestone had issues with underinflating and that was all over the place, but at 6k miles and the tires were separating? I bet the dealers had to eat the cost of the tires when they came back in and General laughed all the way to the bank.
 
I love my Michelin LTX AT 2 tires on my Sierra. Best tires I ever had. Goodyear Wranglers are my second favorite tire for my type of truck.
Worst tires I ever owned were Firestone/Bridgestone tires. They were complete trash.
 
Yeah, we ate a bunch of them. Prolly didn't make the news since they didn't blow out, just separated across the tread and drove bad. Ever driven bias ply tires that have flat spotted? That's how they felt. I had two on my wife's new Le Sabre do it at 6K miles. We sold Vogue tires at the dealership where I worked, I put a set of new Michelin takeoffs on it and when we traded it in on a '96 Impals SS 30K miles later, they still looked new.
The Firestone issues was Ford's fault, not Firestones. The inflation spec for the tires was 24 psi, because Ford found out that at normal inflation levels, the Explorers had a tendency to roll over, so they dropped it to 24. Many of the cars involved in a blowout were fount to have the other tires as low as 12-15 psi because the average person never checks their tires. Take a long highway speed trip at that inflation level, any tire will blow out. This debacle is the reason that tire pressure monitors became law in '00, but did't get implemented til the '07 model year.
 
kmakar said:
Really? How many miles did you get on them? When I swapped Lisa's michelins for new ones right before we went to NC, she had 75k miles on them and they could have easily gotten another 5k miles (they were rated for 80k miles).
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On both Fusions with Michelin Primacys I got 25K out of them. I am very satisfied with the Michelin LTXs on the Excursion, they have worn nicely.

I am impressed with the Yokohamas on my car, they are wearing well and are smooth and quiet.
 
Chevelle_Nut said:
On both Fusions with Michelin Primacys I got 25K out of them. I am very satisfied with the Michelin LTXs on the Excursion, they have worn nicely.

I am impressed with the Yokohamas on my car, they are wearing well and are smooth and quiet.
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25k is pretty bad. I had Yokohamas on my Infiniti I30 years ago and the y were smooth riding and excellent at high speeds (when I used to drive fast). At 100 mph to 120 mph it was like you were floating on a cloud.
 
In the early 90's my good friends Gfriend dad was a Hernando Co. Deputy Sheriff and was killed in a car chase when a Firestone tire blew out in a high speed chase, the Deputys wife sued Firestone, Hernando Co. Sheriffs Office and the person being chased (They caught the guy) and won, but I don't know how much but my friends Gfriend got a little over 1 million
 
Shovelrick said:
In the early 90's my good friends Gfriend dad was a Hernando Co. Deputy Sheriff and was killed in a car chase when a Firestone tire blew out in a high speed chase, the Deputys wife sued Firestone, Hernando Co. Sheriffs Office and the person being chased (They caught the guy) and won, but I don't know how much but my friends Gfriend got a little over 1 million
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It might have been late 80's, 88-89
 
kmakar said:
25k is pretty bad. I had Yokohamas on my Infiniti I30 years ago and the y were smooth riding and excellent at high speeds (when I used to drive fast). At 100 mph to 120 mph it was like you were floating on a cloud.
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Yeah, mileage was bad considering my wife was WFH and now unemployed the car does not go as much as it did when we bought it. Tires were bought in 2019.
 
My wife's cars get twice the mileage on left side tires as she does on rights... guess she's having fun in those roundabouts they put in on her commute to work.
 
Funny story, when my brother and I were younger, my brother borrowed my Dad's Suburban that he custom ordered in '72 with a 454 and after a night out with his friends he came home and the next day my Dad went to get in the suburban and was walking from the rear up to the driver's side and noticed the left rear wheel was damn near bald and walked to the other side which was fine (old uniroyal tires that came on it from the factory), and scratched his head and called for my brother. He asked my brother if he noticed the back tire on the driver's side was bald and my brother said he didn't notice it, and then he asked my brother if he was doing burnouts and my brother said no. My Dad walked away and my brother came back in and told me the whole conversation and I asked him why he lied, and he responded that he didn't lie, he wasn't doing burnouts, he was doing donuts. Pretty sure my Dad knew what was going on, but like most times, he let it go and didn't kill my brother. Years later (shortly before my Dad died) my brother told my Dad what he had done and my Dad smiled. My brother asked why he was smiling and did he think it was funny, and my Dad replied with, "I knew you did burnouts because Steven's mother found out because he was bragging about it, and since you lied to me, I took the money out of your bank account to buy new back tires". We all laughed.
 
Michelin Defenders on the Suburban. They have worn well, super quiet and a great ride. We are buying new tires and wheels this week for it and I'm going to try the Nitto NT420V. The Nitto's are about 100$ less each than the Defenders.

The Chevelle has had Nitto, Falken, Yokohama, Michelin, Hankook and Pirelli. Best 305 rear tire I had were the Michelin Pilot Sports. Only reason for the current Pirelli P Zeros were the half price.

On all the vehicles other than the Camaro and Chevelle, I mainly look at A/S Sport tires. I think here in Florida, many overlook a good A/S tire that handles well in the rain and still sporty. To many go for the cheap and then think they can still do 90mph in the rain.
 
cage2592 said:
Michelin Defenders on the Suburban. They have worn well, super quiet and a great ride. We are buying new tires and wheels this week for it and I'm going to try the Nitto NT420V. The Nitto's are about 100$ less each than the Defenders.

The Chevelle has had Nitto, Falken, Yokohama, Michelin, Hankook and Pirelli. Best 305 rear tire I had were the Michelin Pilot Sports. Only reason for the current Pirelli P Zeros were the half price.

On all the vehicles other than the Camaro and Chevelle, I mainly look at A/S Sport tires. I think here in Florida, many overlook a good A/S tire that handles well in the rain and still sporty. To many go for the cheap and then think they can still do 90mph in the rain.
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Bald tires are good in the rain, less resistance on the road, makes for an interesting and exciting ride. :)
 
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