Originally Posted By: Traction
A V speed rating is what I like to use. Have had 3 4cylinder Camry's since 2001, and they all came from the factory with V rated tires. I ran a set of H-rated on the 07 I had and it had much less straight line tracking for one. Always chasing the steering wheel back and forth. Did not do that with any of the V tires I've tried with several different brands.
The tires on there now are V rated Kumho Ecsta ASXs (great deal on them because they were being discontinued) and they've never been a very great ride, and I think one of them is out of round now or has a slipped belt (feels like a square tire at exactly 20-30mph).
Originally Posted By: Wolf359
Originally Posted By: raytseng
higher rating
if specs are exactly the same physical properties sometimes its the exact same tire layup except ones that tested to be slightly inferior get binned to be Ts.
I think that usually applies in electronics, but with tires, I would think the compound would be different. Possibility construction too. That's why you get a longer treadwear rating on the lower speed rating, a harder compound that lasts longer.
I usually go for the T speed rating over the H. T is good for 118 and tested at that speed for 70 minutes. Don't intend to go anywhere need that fast and I'm not taking corners at that high speed so don't really need the extra traction that an H rated tire would give you. But if you don't intend to get the full mileage out of the tire, I'd go for the H rating.
Yeah, I have no intentions of taking this car that fast, lol. But I only drive 5-6k miles per year so the tires will rot out long before I reach 65k miles.
I went ahead and ordered the H rated. $70 a piece which I think is a pretty decent price. Should be $388 out the door and $75 less after rebate.