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iamgeo · 03-07-2018, 03:30 PM

I purchased a used 2016 Prius 2, not the eco, on Feb.11 2017. It has 18xxx miles on it. The tires were the Toyo Nanoenergy A29 P195/65R-15. In Feb of this year the tires were in need of replacement. I have put on a little over 63,000 miles in one year. I drive for Uber and Lyft. I put over 5,000 miles a month on the car.
I went online and found some tires on sale at NTB. Buy 3 get one free. Sumitomo HTR A/S P02. They are a 65,000 mile tire.
I noticed within a few miles that my MPG had dropped, it was at 48mpg according to the readout on the car. CRAP! After driving around delivering people I got it up to 52 mpg. Crap! again. Something is not right. I am always between 58 and 63 mpg. The next day I figured things would be better. NOPE! I could not get above 52.4 mpg. I knew it had to be the tires. Nothing else had changed. I called NTB and told them I would be returning the tires. Why? Because the are sucking my gas away.
After doing some searching via google I determined that the Toyo tires I had originally were LRR tires. Shopped around and found the best price at Tire Rack .com.
Had them installed at Firestone and returned the other tires to NTB. They gave me the money back for the tires and tax only.
Immediately my gas mileage went back up into the 58 to 63 mpg range.
LRR tires are worth the money.

03-07-2018, 03:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
iamgeo EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Texas Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 3 Posts	LRR Tires. My Experience I purchased a used 2016 Prius 2, not the eco, on Feb.11 2017. It has 18xxx miles on it. The tires were the Toyo Nanoenergy A29 P195/65R-15. In Feb of this year the tires were in need of replacement. I have put on a little over 63,000 miles in one year. I drive for Uber and Lyft. I put over 5,000 miles a month on the car. I went online and found some tires on sale at NTB. Buy 3 get one free. Sumitomo HTR A/S P02. They are a 65,000 mile tire. I noticed within a few miles that my MPG had dropped, it was at 48mpg according to the readout on the car. CRAP! After driving around delivering people I got it up to 52 mpg. Crap! again. Something is not right. I am always between 58 and 63 mpg. The next day I figured things would be better. NOPE! I could not get above 52.4 mpg. I knew it had to be the tires. Nothing else had changed. I called NTB and told them I would be returning the tires. Why? Because the are sucking my gas away. After doing some searching via google I determined that the Toyo tires I had originally were LRR tires. Shopped around and found the best price at Tire Rack .com. Had them installed at Firestone and returned the other tires to NTB. They gave me the money back for the tires and tax only. Immediately my gas mileage went back up into the 58 to 63 mpg range. LRR tires are worth the money.