BigOleFordFan
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IMHO, the tires off my lawnmower would be a significant upgrade from da Kooks
I know alot of people who have had serious tread reliability/sidewall failure issues with them over the past several years...
Tire recommendations for 22"
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I know alot of people who have had serious tread reliability/sidewall failure issues with them over the past several years...
GT350driver
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Im on my second year and 15,000+ mikes on Michelin Cross Climate. Excellent water shedding and the quietest tire I've ever run. BTW, Im in the lake erie lake effect snow belt and these tires handled the snow and ice wonderfully.
I have the Defender LTX M/S 2's as I do some mild to moderate offroad (up through Level 4, although have done some 5's) and they seem to work better for that than the Pirelli (I've tried both in those situations - Michelins are better in the mud for sure). If you're only on highways with occasional dirt road driving, then the Pirelli Scorpions do really well and are quieter.
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I have the Pirelli’s and I love them. Michelin’s are significantly more expensive, but I suspect will have longer tread life. Tire life heavily depends on your driving habits and mix between open road cruising and making lots of turns via around town driving. Seen lots of comments regarding short life with Pirelli’s which was true on my 2008 Expedition which came with OEM Pirelli’s. My current A/S 3’a have 20k miles and are wearing evenly and perform like new remaining quiet and smooth. I replace tires before they get close to 4mm, guessing I’ll get 50k miles in these.
Briguy6
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I'm also looking at some new tires to replace wearing stock General Grabber HTS 60s. We live in Los Angeles but drive up to Big Bear in snow and ice during winter weekends, but I have chains and tire socks( new haven't tried them). So it seems like I'm down to the Pireli AS3s vs the weather active. Unfortunately cause I'm and LA driver I also drive on freeways in hot summers fairly fast, but no rally race cornering. Any recommendations/ experience on the weather actives handling a lot of dry and occasional wet or snow? Any recommendations for an LA driver? Anyone tow with these tires? We have a 22 limited SPP. Thanks for the advice.
Calidad
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For snow, great wet performance and durability beyond basic highway tires these have been amazing. About 1mpg hit at 70mph+ over the high efficiency highway tires. On my second set 55,000-60,000 mile tire easily. Smooth at 80+mph they are a AT hybrid tire. You get AT performance without the negatives of a full on loud chunky AT tire. Great in the snow
The Pirelli’s always seem to wear fast and decline in traction quickly as they wear. Add a heavily loaded full sized suv and I never see anyone buy them a second time. Just a heads up
The Pirelli’s always seem to wear fast and decline in traction quickly as they wear. Add a heavily loaded full sized suv and I never see anyone buy them a second time. Just a heads up
Calidad
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BFG trail Terrain on my second set. Norcal and socal for us. Amazing tire on my second set. Great in the sierra cement and handles the hot summer trips without excessive wear like Michelin and Pirelli. Smooth at CA highway speeds handling is sharper than the squishy terrible oem tires. Ride quality is similar. Traction difference is MASSIVE!!!
If you were doing Big bear on those trash oem tires these BFGs literally make the Expedition a completely different animal in the snow. I could go places in 2wd with the bfgs that was nearly impossible in 4x4 on the stock tires. SF-LA and back family visits 22-23mpg average 70-75mph is typical. We lost maybe .5-1mpg at 70-75 vs the oem tires. The biggest thing was wet traction literally night and day from terrible to virtually no difference dry or wet.
BFG and Michelin come out of the same design center BFGs typically do better in our hotter weather different rubber compound vs the softer Michelin and Pirelli. Colder Michigan temps? Michelin all the way
This is on a heavy tow pack Expedition. The standard should easily still land in the 23-24mpg zone for long highway stuff. Sleek roof box seems to be 1-2mph hit on mileage averages on long trips
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rick619
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My wife still hasn't bought tires lol. I was looking at the Black Friday specials and saw these at Walmart. Seem really good for the price, $155 each. 60K warranty.
Anyone try these? I read that Walmart has exclusive rights to some of the Cooper models. They didn't have what I want for my Ram, but these are the size she has on the Expedition.
Anyone try these? I read that Walmart has exclusive rights to some of the Cooper models. They didn't have what I want for my Ram, but these are the size she has on the Expedition.
BigOleFordFan
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NO....
no.......
& N.friggin.O.....
I would strongly suggest you reconsider buying ANY tires for any vehicle from Wallyworld, period....
I made that mistake a few years ago, thinking I was saving a few $$.....wrong answer..... the Goodyear tires I got were rated at 60k miles and lasted about 15K (on a vehicle that was only 4 yrs old & always proper rotate/balance/maintenance ect), and when I tried to get them to do a prorated swap for new/better ones, they basically told me to *pound sand* and to contact the mfgr with any such nonsense....
Later, I learned why they were so cheap...simply because the tires were made specifically for them, to reach a certain price point & profit %....which means they cut some serious corners in the rubber compounds and the steel belts....
Oh and to top it all off, when I contacted Goodyear, they said pound sand also, as according to them, wallyworld is NOT considered to be an "authorized" goodyear dealer, even though they pretend to be, so the warranty would not be honored under any circumstances....
And obviously my next step was to contact my lawyer, who said he could pursue it, but for ONLY $500 worth of useless rubber, it would not make financial sense to do so, so I let it slide and vowed to warn anyone & everyone who I think is even thinking about getting tires from there until I am rotting in the ground...
Also, there are MUCH better tires for SUV's, many of which have already been mentioned in this thread. YES, they will cost you more upfront, but will last ALOT longer, ride better, quieter and safer under practically any circumstances...
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