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Old 05-29-2010, 05:01 PM   #13 (permalink)
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The Michelins I put on my VX were discounted $60 a set of 4. Total price including mounting, lifetime balancing, road hazard, etc was $212 for 4.

Tread wear rating is 740. The original Bridgestones on the car were rated at 200. They were much noisier but got better mileage, handling was not good. Replaced them at 37k miles when they were 15.5 years old.

20k on the Michelins now, tread wear is practically nothing, but mileage has improved significantly. At this rate it will take another 80k miles or more to wear them out.

By the time I have 60k on them the rolling resistance will probably to close to the same as the original Bridgestones.

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Mech
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