EcoModder.com

EcoModder.com (https://ecomodder.com/forum/)
-   EcoModding Central (https://ecomodder.com/forum/ecomodding-central.html)
-   -   Time to get new tire. Need info about LRR tires. (https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/time-get-new-tire-need-info-about-lrr-14812.html)

wildfire8 10-09-2010 02:46 AM
Time to get new tire. Need info about LRR tires.
 
I live in Utah, and winter will be here soon enough. I am in need of some new tires and want to get some LRR tires but one concern is how well they drive in the snow. Right now my commute is up a 3 lane cannon road. Last winter I had a bit of a hard time getting up in heavy snow slid around quite a bit.

I am looking for a good tire that is rated for year round use. Something that I can use threw the winter. Does anyone have any advice on which LRR tires can do that?

Daox 10-09-2010 09:50 AM
I'd check tirerack.com. They recently added a filter to their search for LRR tires. They also rate most of their tires.

cfg83 10-09-2010 12:03 PM
wildfire8 -

I am going to get these today :

Continental ProContact with EcoPlus Technology

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires...opls_ci2_l.jpghttp://www.tirerack.com/images/tires...opls_ci1_l.jpg

I don't know if they'd serve your purposes.

I've had the following tires for 65K miles in mild LA weather and they have a very similar tread pattern :

Continental ContiProContact

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires...tact_ci2_l.jpghttp://www.tirerack.com/images/tires...tact_ci1_l.jpg

Here are some reviews of my old tire (there are more than this) :

Continental ContiProContact
Quote:
I live in PA and conduct mostly all highway driving. I would not recommend these tires to anyone. When I purchased my car, these tires were on the vehicle. The road noise after about 1500 miles was absolutely aweful. So preoccupied by the road noise I no longer enjoyed driving the vehicle, let alone trying to enjoy the radio was a mistake. The tire tread is aweful. My vehicle is AWD, the rear tire tread at about 15000 miles was almost non-existant. I never imagined having to replace tires between 15000 and 2000 miles, but will be purchasing new tires next week. I am looking to go back to Michelins and hope to get a much better wearing and high performance tire.
...
The noise level on this tire is unacceptable.
...
I did alot or tire size research and these are these best size tire for chevy 2000 malibu 3.1L. 195/65/R15. They are not a good tire if you drive fast and do fast cornering. But basic everyday driving they are great. They also are nice and narrow for snow. Driving in 6 inches of snow is super easy without even a wheel spin. I could probably even plow through 8 inches+ of snow without a issue. Stopping on ice is about the same as a 215/65/R15. So no gains on ice. Fuel mileage is same. Speedometer is same no need to adjust, 60 mph is 60 mph right on the dot. I mounted these 195/65/R15 on the stock malibu steel black rims and they still go over the edge yet. So perfect. Also this size of tire is about $20 cheaper then buying the factory 215/65/R15. I am super happy with these tires and the size I chose and spent days researching tire sizes for a small tire patch area. I plan on getting another set once I wear these babys out passing 4x4's stuck in the snow.
The ones I am getting today also have a few reviews, but they don't mention snow. The tire just hasn't been around enough to have more reviews.

CarloSW2


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:41 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2
All content copyright EcoModder.com