Just got Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armour today
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The Goodyear web site shows these tires available in 265/60/18 which is the stock size on the Limited model. However nobody has them, and I wonder if Goodyear is ever going to produce them in that size.
They should be excellent in the snow because they carry the mountain snowflake symbol on the side wall, which means they are rated for severe snow. If you live in the mountains they require all vehicles including 4 wheel drive to have snow chains unless your tire has the snowflake rating.
The Bridge stone TKO all terrain tire would be my second choice but they don't make it in that size either.
They should be excellent in the snow because they carry the mountain snowflake symbol on the side wall, which means they are rated for severe snow. If you live in the mountains they require all vehicles including 4 wheel drive to have snow chains unless your tire has the snowflake rating.
The Bridge stone TKO all terrain tire would be my second choice but they don't make it in that size either.
I did'nt think that a tire such as that , which is classified as an all terrain would be so bad on milage. Why would that be ? I might see a slight drop but thats ALOT of drop.
the tread is not real overly aggressive like a mud terrain or something along those lines.
Anyone shed light on this , I'm sure the tires are'nt bad tires. They are rated good.
the tread is not real overly aggressive like a mud terrain or something along those lines.
Anyone shed light on this , I'm sure the tires are'nt bad tires. They are rated good.
Falls said:
Tires also get rated in something called rolling resistance. The ability to coast with varying degrees of drag. Some tires have excellent rolling resistance, while others have poor. If a car manufacturer selects a tire that has excellent rolling resistance, they can bump up the mileage a little.
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Hi 4by4th,
Sorry for the delayed reply I have been out of town. I didn't have a gps at the time so I couldn't measure the actual distance travelled to get real world mpg and I also didn't account for the tire size difference in my calculations because I didn't know how to do it and I had already put over 2000 miles on the tires and I was worried about not being able to exchange them. Maybe, if I had figured out how to do the math I wouldn't have returned them but I really didn't want to regret paying over $700 for tires that I really didn't like that much. If I did the math right, a 5-7% difference that you mentinoned should only drop the milage by .9-1.26 mpg and the drop was much more signifigant then that when I divided my miles shown on odometer A by the gallons I put in my tank. I don't know, I wished it would have worked out but I may try them again when I have to purchase tires next time. I just can't afford to have bad gas milage and a car payment at the same time. By the way, I took my truck up to Huerfano Trail in Southern Colorado yesterday with my Revo's and didn't have hardly any slipping sliding but I did turn around once the snow was a between 6-8 inches deep because I was alone, it was 25 degrees outside with the wind howling, and I didn't want to end up like the poor folks who keep getting stuck in Oregon. Better to be safe then sorry.
Sorry for the delayed reply I have been out of town. I didn't have a gps at the time so I couldn't measure the actual distance travelled to get real world mpg and I also didn't account for the tire size difference in my calculations because I didn't know how to do it and I had already put over 2000 miles on the tires and I was worried about not being able to exchange them. Maybe, if I had figured out how to do the math I wouldn't have returned them but I really didn't want to regret paying over $700 for tires that I really didn't like that much. If I did the math right, a 5-7% difference that you mentinoned should only drop the milage by .9-1.26 mpg and the drop was much more signifigant then that when I divided my miles shown on odometer A by the gallons I put in my tank. I don't know, I wished it would have worked out but I may try them again when I have to purchase tires next time. I just can't afford to have bad gas milage and a car payment at the same time. By the way, I took my truck up to Huerfano Trail in Southern Colorado yesterday with my Revo's and didn't have hardly any slipping sliding but I did turn around once the snow was a between 6-8 inches deep because I was alone, it was 25 degrees outside with the wind howling, and I didn't want to end up like the poor folks who keep getting stuck in Oregon. Better to be safe then sorry.
I dont know how you normally drive but at those speed you wont be getting good milage . Your foot os into it pretty good , and maybe you had a little wind or something you might have been pushing. maybe not a strong one to even notice standing outside but when your doing damn near 90 mph it makes a big difference.
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