Low Rolling Resistance Tires 175/70/13

[bryan11]

I've had good luck with Tirerack.com for many years.

[rebelfluff]

This is the best rolling resistance for this tire size (I know because i've been searching for the same size) Now its just a matter of saving 250 in order to buy them and test them a little .

O and the place i found the chart for this tire was on this site, just search for
"LRR (low rolling resistance) tires - Green Seal report & list" Its somewhere in that thread.

I would put a link but i gotta hit 5 posts before I can.

[khurdjj12]

Hello, I hope I'm not to late to chime in one this thread. I was reading the post where the person asked where he could find LRR's in his tire size of P175/70/13 and it looks like most of the post say he won't be able to find them. Again, I just wanted to chime in, I have a 1994 Nissan Sentra, I'm the original owner and I too get 40mpg on the highway, this has been a excellent car. I just wanted to say, I'm looking at the new Michelin Tires I purchased this year at Sears, and they are 175/70/13 and they are low rolling resistance tires. I was turned on to these types of tires years ago by a Big O tire dealership in the town I live in, and I have to admit I was very skeptical, but WOW did they make a difference. The problem is, those tires to me seem to only come in the Michelin family, and they are quit expensive (around $70 ea.)I'm looking at my Michelin's I just bought this year from Sears, they are called Weatherwise, the Michelin's from Big O are Harmony, and the folks at Big O told me Sears gets a special tires made for them from Michelin, kind of a down graded tire (or so the folks at Big O told me), you can supposedly only get weatherwise from Sears.

I just want to add to this thread, that yes, you can get the Low Rolling Resistance tires in the P175 x 70 x 13 from Michelin, from almost any tire shop, and yes they are expensive but well worth it. My problem with those tires, because they last so long, I always wear out the tire not the tread, they actually dry rot. Any question, you folk can reply, I'll get the post.

Thanks

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by khurdjj12

I just want to add to this thread, that yes, you can get the Low Rolling Resistance tires in the P175 x 70 x 13 from Michelin

The Michelin Energy Saver is available in that size (82 T) - it has a different thread pattern than the 14" and bigger tyres though.

That's probably the one you're refering to ?

[Jammer]

I just wanted to chime in as well. So far my wear on my tires is VERY slight, and given my medical situation, I often do not drive my car, it mainly sits. So I have less than 9.000 on my 2009 Cobalt XFE. However I have the brand of tire sold with the Chevy, and already I felt the need to rotate the tires in the X method, and before I make it to ten thousand I will likely rotate them one more time before winter sits in. I have many steep curvy roads in the mountains here which causes almost all types of tires to wear on the front. By frequent rotation I believe these tires will safely take me well past 35,000 miles at the current rate of wear, which is almost none at all. Gosh when I was young I burned up a brand new set of Good Year Eagle GTs at 10,000 miles- the tread was FLAT!! I replaced that with a much harder compound as 10,000 miles for 4 expensive tires were not in my budget.

[khurdjj12]

Well, for all the skeptips about the 13" tire, I again just purchased some at sears this year, they are expensive, a 70,000 mile tire. I get 75,000 per set of 4, rotating frequently. My problem, this year I was in a money crunch, so I didn't get all 4 in January. Here some pictures, so no, I don't know what your talking about witha 14" tire. I tried to get a good picture of the tread, I can take more if you need me to, also note to tire size I took a picture of also. Again, the weatherwise is the Sears version, and Harmony what everyone else gets, like Big O.

Thanks.

[euromodder]

That's indeed another tyre than the 13" Michelin Energy Saver

[SuperHatch]

Kumho eco Solus HM KR22

Kumho Tire USA, Inc.

LRR Tire available in 175/70R-13

[Jammer]

huh, must be the lighting. Im one of khurdjj12 pictures I would swear it's a Uniroyal. I know I'm wrong though. hmm

[Bicycle Bob]

How different tires react rolling down ski slope. [VIDEO]

This is a very interesting way to test tires, presented for amusement rather than data. Still, there are some technical surprises.