GY Assurance CS Triple Tread .... anyone using?

[philsey]

I'll dump my OEMs when I take off the snow tires.

Anyone have experience with these? Supposedly it's a new product (?)

Assurance cs TripleTred All-Season

I was sort of settled on the Michelin Latitude Tour, until the GYs were brought to my attention.

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I do not want, nor need an AT-type tire.

Any thoughts on either tire is appreciated.

 

[1engineer]

I'll dump my OEMs when I take off the snow tires.

Anyone have experience with these? Supposedly it's a new product (?)

Assurance cs TripleTred All-Season

I was sort of settled on the Michelin Latitude Tour, until the GYs were brought to my attention.

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I do not want, nor need an AT-type tire.

Any thoughts appreciated.

I have owned 4 sets of tripletreds. Currently they are on son's Subaru and both my wife's CR-V and my daughter's Honda. I had them on a truck a few years ago also. They are by far the best (in my experience) rain tire out there. The do great in snow and on dry pavement also. They lack in off road performance - especially mud. The one thing I can tell you as fact is they tend to be a little smaller diameter than other tires of the same size (same size = smaller - go figure) so please check actual tire dimension specs for sure. Apparently all 265's are not equal. If I kept my 4Runner on the road all the time I would put a set of these on with no hesitation. I do go light offroad (esp slick mud) some though so I will probably be putting Cooper Discoverer AT3 on in another three months at my milage rate. Hope this helps. No drama here.

 

[Gobius]

Not sure about this latest version, or the T4R application for that matter, but I had a set of TripleTreads on my minivan before I sold it. They were great tires for the first 40k miles (these were 80k tires). After that the performance on anything but dry pavement fell off quick, and by 50k miles they were completely unsafe IMO. I ended up getting a lot of credit when I bought a new set (NOT TripleTreads), but they certainly didn't hold up as well as I expected.

I was talking to a guy in a tire shop about this a couple of weeks ago, and he says that they have changed the tread design so that it actually opens up a bit as they wear, thus compensating for decreasing tread depth. In theory that should mitigate the effect that I was experiencing, but who knows? He suggested that for a T4R the Michelin LTX MS2 would be the best choice.

To be fair, my experience with the TripleTreads wasn't great, but I seem to be in the minority.

 

[scanny]

I had TripleTreads on my minivan for probably 60k miles and they are installed on my wife's Mazda3 . Good tires, especialy in rain.

 

[philsey]

Thanks for the replies so far .... how about the Michelin Latitudes - anyone have experience with those?

 

[PaulB-2006 T4R]

I have TripleTreads on a Camry, they are excellent performing tires in nearly all conditions (they are not snow tires but for an all season tire they are good). The only problem with these tires is they are extremely loud, not right away but after 20,000 miles they will test your speakers and tolerance for noisy tires. The noise is why I would not buy them again but if it is not a priority for you then buy them.

 

[philsey]

* update *

Thought I should update my thread...

I try to be well-informed, and making a major purchase from someone who knows something about their product. Also, I do business with a local business whenever possible, shying away from Sam's et al. I don't go into a store, and say "I want this" - I like to find out if they have a clue. Does rather limit my choices sometimes.

GY Tripletreds: Decided against these after trips to THREE GY dealers, plainly stating I wanted a passenger-class tire, and getting Wranglers recommended by all 3 (because of my tire size, I suppose). Even after ASKING about the TT's, I got various responses from blank looks to "you don't want that, it's too loud/not AT". Seriously? GY's latest and greatest? Ack, I hate it when I'm better informed than the experts. I am NOT buying from someone who does not listen, and does not know their products.

One thing that greatly influenced my finalists was this, because CR does actually test tires, plus a lot of other reading.



Michelin: Eliminated, simply because my favorite family-owned tire/alignment shop is not an official Michelin dealer. No sense buying something with a long warranty without factory backing.

Continental: I presented my interest in a 'passenger' tire to my shop, and they (she, owner) recommended the Conti. Seems they had just signed up to become a Conti dealer, and she was well-versed on the new CrossContact. A win-win, my store and CR in harmony. Ahh - comfort zone!

So, it's the Conti Crosscontact LX-20 in stock size. PLUS, alignment on sale for half price, PLUS I got $180 off for my Dunlops w/ 15,000 miles, PLUS my caster is now set at the holy grail of 4*. Life is good.



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Driving impressions thus far. Quiet, comfortable, track nicely, no drama!
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