Well, I took a chance and ordered a set of Bridgestone Ecopia EP422's. I've been researching like crazy over the last couple of weeks and keep coming back to them. Only time will tell if it is a wise choice. Reviews for them seem to be all over the place. People seem to love them or hate them, but the general consensus seems to be, they are quiet, soft and improve mileage at the cost of handling and wet traction. They are supposed to have much softer sidewalls than the Nokians which sounds really good to me. I usually run my tires above the pressure spec on the door sticker anyway, so maybe I'll be able to do it now without stiffening up the ride so much. I also looked at the Michelin Energy Saver A/S which seem to be undisputed best for MPG, but they are way more money and don't handle any better. I can't see it being worth it. The Michelin Defender is interesting as well and slightly cheaper with the rebates, but handling is not much better and indications seem to be that the MPG might not be quite as good. The Ecopias are supposed to be okay in the snow too which is good. I run snow tires in the winter but unexpected snow storms are not that uncommon in the spring and fall. Anyway, I won't get them for a couple of weeks and they probably won't get much use before I have to put the snow tires on, but I will give an update on them at some later date.
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Almost all my driving is done 1-5 miles at a time.
Best short trip: 2.4 l/100 km, 3.9 km
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