Hello Folks! While I am a longtime fan of BITOG and greatly appreciate all the insight and comments across the forum, I thought I'd finally come out of the woodwork and raise a question to get some advice from the crowd. My wife and I live in an urban environment where we utilize public transportation, but still need two cars at times for various work responsibilities and tasks. Our mainstay (the Mazda) is just fine but our secondary car, a 2003 Hyundai Accent, is going to need some new rubber sooner than later. The main tasks of the car and it's profile:
-2003 Hyundai Accent GL
-Tire size: P175/70R13 82T
-Averages about 5-6K miles on the road per year.
-Mostly around town errands with seldom a drive longer than 30 miles roundtrip.
-Some brief highway driving at times but nothing too taxing.
As this is our secondary car and one I imagine won't be with us for too many more years, one of my goals is to make a wise investment in terms of reliability and safety without going beyond what's really needed. As you can see from above, this car isn't a heavy lifter and is fairly modest in it's weekly driving. Ideally I'm going to aim for four new tires though I could potentially add two for now and two later.
So far this is my list and I've gone from most expensive to cheapest in terms of ballpark cost. I suppose what I would love to hear from folks is if they have any strong feelings one way or the other on any of these, or perhaps if there's a tire that's just fine towards the bottom of the list that can do the job as well as the others. OR if there's a tire or company I'm missing that I should think about. At some point it might be semantics, but this is one of my favorite hobbies, so have at it!
Cooper Lifeliner GLS
Kumho Sense KR26
Hankook Optimo H725
Futura 2000 LTE
GT Radial Champiro VP1
Milestar MS732
Cornell 1000
Douglas Xtra Trac II
-2003 Hyundai Accent GL
-Tire size: P175/70R13 82T
-Averages about 5-6K miles on the road per year.
-Mostly around town errands with seldom a drive longer than 30 miles roundtrip.
-Some brief highway driving at times but nothing too taxing.
As this is our secondary car and one I imagine won't be with us for too many more years, one of my goals is to make a wise investment in terms of reliability and safety without going beyond what's really needed. As you can see from above, this car isn't a heavy lifter and is fairly modest in it's weekly driving. Ideally I'm going to aim for four new tires though I could potentially add two for now and two later.
So far this is my list and I've gone from most expensive to cheapest in terms of ballpark cost. I suppose what I would love to hear from folks is if they have any strong feelings one way or the other on any of these, or perhaps if there's a tire that's just fine towards the bottom of the list that can do the job as well as the others. OR if there's a tire or company I'm missing that I should think about. At some point it might be semantics, but this is one of my favorite hobbies, so have at it!
Cooper Lifeliner GLS
Kumho Sense KR26
Hankook Optimo H725
Futura 2000 LTE
GT Radial Champiro VP1
Milestar MS732
Cornell 1000
Douglas Xtra Trac II
