Anyone using these yet? They seem to be getting great reviews at tirerack.com.
Is the ride with the TripleTreds as harsh as people describe it?quote:
Originally posted by XS650:
I put some on my wife's Acura 3.2 TL a few months ago. They are great tires. Very smooth riding and quiet for a borderline performance tire and great handling. I would definitely get them again for any similar application.
Awesome. The Avalon came with Michelin MXV4s. i believe TLs come with Michelin Pilots. The Falkens on her Avalon aren't design for the heavy heavy front end of this Toyota.quote:
Originally posted by XS650:
JeepZJ4.0, The triple treads feel pretty smooth to me. Definitely smoother than the factory Michelins they replaced, maybe not as smooth as a luxo-barge tire, but I don't have anything to compare them with.
Her TL is a 2000, it definitely didn't come with Pilots. I'm pretty sure it was MXV4s. They lasted about 85,000 miles and were decent handling tires, if not outstanding.quote:
Originally posted by JeepZJ4.0:
Awesome. The Avalon came with Michelin MXV4s. i believe TLs come with Michelin Pilots.
85,000 Miles?! That is the longest that I've heard MXV4s going for. The Avalon chewed them up in 33Kquote:
Originally posted by XS650:
Her TL is a 2000, it definitely didn't come with Pilots. I'm pretty sure it was MXV4s. They lasted about 85,000 miles and were decent handling tires, if not outstanding.
I'm not positive they were MXV4's although that looks right. They weren't Pilots. It was also about 60,000 miles of mostly freeway commuting at generally not to high speeds because of traffic.quote:
Originally posted by JeepZJ4.0:
85,000 Miles?! That is the longest that I've heard MXV4s going for. The Avalon chewed them up in 33Kquote:
Originally posted by XS650:
Her TL is a 2000, it definitely didn't come with Pilots. I'm pretty sure it was MXV4s. They lasted about 85,000 miles and were decent handling tires, if not outstanding.
The tire rating/labeling thing can give you a major headache. It's hard to tell what's what.quote:
Originally posted by JeepZJ4.0:
XS650, I just checked tire rack. You have the exact same tire size and same tire as our avalon, just in a V-rated, opposed to a H rated. Maybe that's why. the V-rated is stiffer so it probably can handle the weight of a FWD car.
something about lasting 85,000 miles says to me "these can't be that great handling of a tire".quote:
Originally posted by XS650:
Her TL is a 2000, it definitely didn't come with Pilots. I'm pretty sure it was MXV4s. They lasted about 85,000 miles and were decent handling tires, if not outstanding.quote:
Originally posted by JeepZJ4.0:
Awesome. The Avalon came with Michelin MXV4s. i believe TLs come with Michelin Pilots.
There were several varities of MXV4. The energy and the + are your addition. I just took a look at some online reviews of OE tires. It looks like they last a long time on Honda/Acura but wear out fast on Toyota. Probably made to a different spec. One Honda Accord owner reported over 100k miles. One Avalon owner reperoted less than 30k miles.quote:
Originally posted by outrun:
80k???
You sure they were not Michelin Harmony/Agility tires? If it were these no doubt they have ridiculous long tread life characteristics.
Not to doubt you but to see a lowest-bidder factory MN Energy MXV4+ go to 80k ... something is not right.