tire opinions

[magneeto]

Looking to start saving for tires. I live on Long Island, NY so it does snow in the winter (generally). My main concerns are mpg,noise,and traction. My plans for offroading are basically limited to the beach. I also want to keep the costs down. I did do searching but nothing really fit into my criteria. Thanks for any help that can be provided. Btw, its a v8 limited4x4 with stock size general grabbers. would be the cheapest route to stick with these since only 2 are low on tread life.

 

[chaz]

if you are not looking for anything too aggressive looking, the firestone destination at gets good reviews. Firestone Destination A/T

 

[JB.]

My main concerns are mpg,noise,and traction. My plans for offroading are basically limited to the beach. I also want to keep the costs down.

The first step would be to narrow it down to a tire category. Sounds like all-season is what you want.

Looking at Consumer Reports test results, two tires stand out based on what you said.

Michelin Latitude Tour and Latitude Tour HP. Virtually identical tires that swap mpg for tread life, and vice versa, so you have to decide which one matters to you more. The HP has less tread life but better mpg. Reverse for the other.

If you want to trade a little wet traction for price (wet traction still good, though) with a better combination of mpg and tread life, it looks like Goodyear Wrangler SR-A is hard to beat.

All were good on noise and traction. I included tread life as part of the cost equation.

 

[PaulB-2006 T4R]

Tire Products - Discount Tire Direct

I checked out Discount Tire Direct (DTD) and there are 2 AT tires that are under $200 per tire is the Cooper Discover AT3 and Falken Rocky Mountain ATS. When I had tires installed I used DTD against their own stores. The exact same tires are cheaper and no sales tax. The store tried to tell me the install is higher which is true but only $2/tire. The store wound up matching the out the door price as if I ordered from DTD.

I can only talk about the Falken Rocky Mountain ATS, I really like them and they meet all your reqiurements (mpg, noise and traction). I have not noticed a reduction in my MPG from a highway tread tire (Kumho Road Ventue APT), the Falkens are just as quiet as the HTs and they are far superior in the snow (we did not have too much snow in Minneapolis this year). I have driven 10,000 miles on them.

 

[berettashot117]

do a search

 

[magneeto]

do a search

Thank you for such invaluable advice, I am forever in debt to you...To the people offering real advice and opinions, it is appreciated.

 

[berettashot117]

Thank you for such invaluable advice, I am forever in debt to you...To the people offering real advice and opinions, it is appreciated.

it's actually great advice, if you would do a search you would find the numerous great threads all about tires already. so, in a way, instead of chiming in with my one or two recommendations, I'm directing you to hundreds of good recommendations. so, once again, DO A SEARCH

 

[Burt]

I put a set of the Hankook RF10's on a couple years ago and think they are a great tire for decent price value. Check'em out.

 

[ohnoitsthecops]

Alright I'll bite if you search here are sme recommendations
Duratracs
Yokohama geolander at
Terra grappler
Hankook rf10( ARK had a bad time with these)
General grabber at2

And all the rest that have been recommended

 

[scottm]

I'm loving my Nokian WRG2 on both my Land Cruiser and 4R. Very quiet, smooth, track great, corner great, and the best all-season in snow ever. I've always run high-priced tires, and I've run dedicated Winter tires on some vehicles, these are the best tires I've experienced for all-around and all-season use, exactly the tires I was looking for. They are a high-performance tire, so they feel very confident on dry pavement. The Michigan State Police run them on their SUVs, they do extensive testing so that says a lot.

The only thing I'm not sure about is tread wear, but if they wear a little faster I'll say it's worth it. They aren't off-road tires, they'll probably do as well as any all-season off-road, which is fine for two-tracks and mild trails.

I paid a little less than what I planned for Michelins at Discount Tire.

 

[Flyer]

I finally decided on the Hankook RF10s. The Firestone Destinations are also nice and quiet but not as grippy. I do not like the Michelin LTX offroad...they are too much like a passenger car tire and I found them to be lacking in the snow (on my Suburban). However, for all highway, they are quiet and very long lasting.

So back to my RF10- I chose them over the Toyo Open Country, Nitto TG, Rocky Mtns, FT Destinations, and Michelins. 7,000 miles later, they are still almost at full tread. They grip wet or dry very well. They do well enough in the snow (though no A/T tire will beat even a decent snow tire). They are also pretty quiet and the ride is neither too soft nor too harsh. There is enough sidewall flex for my liking.

 

[scottm]

though no A/T tire will beat even a decent snow tire

Probably, but now there are all-season tires that come so close its no longer an either/or decision. My Blizzaks and WinterContacts were significantly better in snow and ice than the various Michelins LTX tires, Goodyear TripleTreds, siped Cooper Discoverers, and Continental ExtremeContact. But these Nokians came a lot closer to the Blizzaks they replaced than all the others for snow, even considering the Blizzaks were worn.

The Blizzaks when new were maybe a little better than the Nokians. I slid on them in various conditions, and the Nokians did about as well most of the time.