Originally Posted By: Char Baby
Buickman,
That's a good price and a nice review. I can't say much for Eagle LS's or G/Y as a tire company. And I can't say much good about my experience with Cooper or their private label tires But, you have made a nice comparison between the two.
If these DEAN tires "are comparable" to the Cooper CS4 then they should serve you well as the CS4's get quite nice reviews. I have even considered CS4's although I selected another instead for my particular criteria, I do know others personaly with the CS4's and they love'em.
Best of luck with the DEAN tires and please review again in 6mo-1yr.
Wife just took the car on 1000mi+ worth of traveling this last week (3 days Chicago, two days Dubuque, plus a couple other 100+ mile round trips). She does not normally travel this much but about once a year has all sorts of conferences/symposiums to go to and racks up a good 3000+ miles during that period.
Firstly, gas mileage went up. Whether that can be attributed to the tires or not, who knows. But she went from averaging 28 1/2 MPG on the highway to 31.
Second. She commented on the how quiet and smooth the ride was. I took it out on the highway for a short run before she left (to check for any wobble from a bad balancne job) and agree with her that there is no noticeable noise coming from these tires whatsoever. She also said its a very nice smooth ride with no harshness and that she doesn't notice the bumps from the expansion joints either. Also no horrible "tracking" tendency where the tires follow the grooves cut in the highways.
BTW, who ever thought that running grooves in the road surface parallel to the direction of travel was a good idea. Yes I know its supposed to help with hydroplaning and snow/ice buildup but with the wrong car/wrong tire its a horrible feeling as the car "worms" its way down the road following the not even remotely straight lines cut into the deck of the roadway.
