Is anyone on here running these tires,or considering buying them?
I noticed a while back the tread on my Traction T/A tires on my daily driver HHR was trying to separate. The tires had about 35K miles on them,and they rode fantastic. I had a set of these tires on my wife's old Grand Prix GTP. They rode and drove great after initially riding quite harsh. The set I bought for my HHR was great from the get-go,and got even better.
When I was shopping for new tires I had decided on Goodyear Assurance Comfortred tires based on reviews I had read,and their warranty. In addition,there was a very good rebate on them going on.
I was just about to pull the trigger when I found Yokohama Avid Ascends on sale on Ebay from Discount Tire Direct. The offer was for four tires shipped for $352 bucks!! The specs and reviews that I read on the Yokos were very similiar to the Goodyears and 100 bucks cheaper so I pulled the trigger on the Ascends. This was a smoking deal for a 740 treadwear tire that was so highly reviewed. It was about 100 bucks cheaper than the Goodyears even with the rebate.
My HHR has 75k miles on it. Two weeks ago I replaced the struts,sway bar links,and sway bar bushings because I was getting bumping noises constantly, and bottoming out. The ride was like a new car again. I still had the Traction T/A tires on. No more bumping,and the ride was so much better!! Money and time well spent.
I had the Yokohama tires put on on the 12th. OMG,they were awesome at first. SOOO smooth and quiet,and the ride was great. I drove the car about 50 miles or so last weekend,and they swallowed up bumps like nothing. My wife drove the car out of town on a business trip last Monday night,and returned on Tuesday. She said they were awesome at all speeds with no issues at all. These tires had to be the bargain of the century. I thought I had knocked it out of the park.
Thought is the key word. While coming home for lunch on Wednesday I noticed the car was riding much more rough. It seemed fine that morning too.
These things have turned into absolutely the roughest riding tires I've ever experienced in my life. It's the opposite of every other tire I've experienced wherein they smooth out over time. I'm running the same pressures as the Traction T/A tires I ran previously. You can feel EVERY bump,ripple,and joint in the road. I took these tires out on a 100 mile road trip,and the ride was unbearably bad. Every road I've driven on since I got the Yokohama tires is one I'm very familiar with,and the ride is much,much,much worse now. I even let out some air today to try and help,but it wasn't much better at all.
If they had started out rough I could take it a little better,but they started out so good. Any ideas,or similiar experiences?? I apologize for the book,but this is very frustrating. I don't know if I can stand these things or not! I may have to dump them. This is so disappointing after reading the overhwelmingly positive reviews for these tires. All I can say is the people who like these tires must have been riding around on Fred FLintsone tires or something.
I noticed a while back the tread on my Traction T/A tires on my daily driver HHR was trying to separate. The tires had about 35K miles on them,and they rode fantastic. I had a set of these tires on my wife's old Grand Prix GTP. They rode and drove great after initially riding quite harsh. The set I bought for my HHR was great from the get-go,and got even better.
When I was shopping for new tires I had decided on Goodyear Assurance Comfortred tires based on reviews I had read,and their warranty. In addition,there was a very good rebate on them going on.
I was just about to pull the trigger when I found Yokohama Avid Ascends on sale on Ebay from Discount Tire Direct. The offer was for four tires shipped for $352 bucks!! The specs and reviews that I read on the Yokos were very similiar to the Goodyears and 100 bucks cheaper so I pulled the trigger on the Ascends. This was a smoking deal for a 740 treadwear tire that was so highly reviewed. It was about 100 bucks cheaper than the Goodyears even with the rebate.
My HHR has 75k miles on it. Two weeks ago I replaced the struts,sway bar links,and sway bar bushings because I was getting bumping noises constantly, and bottoming out. The ride was like a new car again. I still had the Traction T/A tires on. No more bumping,and the ride was so much better!! Money and time well spent.
I had the Yokohama tires put on on the 12th. OMG,they were awesome at first. SOOO smooth and quiet,and the ride was great. I drove the car about 50 miles or so last weekend,and they swallowed up bumps like nothing. My wife drove the car out of town on a business trip last Monday night,and returned on Tuesday. She said they were awesome at all speeds with no issues at all. These tires had to be the bargain of the century. I thought I had knocked it out of the park.
Thought is the key word. While coming home for lunch on Wednesday I noticed the car was riding much more rough. It seemed fine that morning too.
These things have turned into absolutely the roughest riding tires I've ever experienced in my life. It's the opposite of every other tire I've experienced wherein they smooth out over time. I'm running the same pressures as the Traction T/A tires I ran previously. You can feel EVERY bump,ripple,and joint in the road. I took these tires out on a 100 mile road trip,and the ride was unbearably bad. Every road I've driven on since I got the Yokohama tires is one I'm very familiar with,and the ride is much,much,much worse now. I even let out some air today to try and help,but it wasn't much better at all.
If they had started out rough I could take it a little better,but they started out so good. Any ideas,or similiar experiences?? I apologize for the book,but this is very frustrating. I don't know if I can stand these things or not! I may have to dump them. This is so disappointing after reading the overhwelmingly positive reviews for these tires. All I can say is the people who like these tires must have been riding around on Fred FLintsone tires or something.