My wife drives a 2012 Civic in Maryland. Winter is approaching.
4.5 years ago I was in a pinch and had four Cooper CS3 (195/65 R15 91T) tires put on her car. Then about 2.5 years ago one of the tires had a huge bulge in the sidewall. Again in a pinch, I went to the nearest tire store (Sears) and got two more Cooper CS3 tires to replace the bad one and its counterpart. At the time the original set had about 23,000 miles on them. I put the two new tires on the front and have kept the older tires on the back since then. However, when I had the tires replaced, I kept the third good tire as a full sized spare should she ever need it.
Fast forward to today and one of the older rear tires had a bulge on the sidewall (I'm really not a fan of these Cooper tires). So I grabbed the spare tire and replaced it. Now she has four Cooper CS3 tires on her car; the front tires have 24,500 miles on them, the one rear tire has 23,000 miles on it, and the other rear tire has 47,500 miles on it. They will be fine for now as even the oldest tire has decent tread left, but I am concerned how that hodgepodge will act once the snow comes.
So I am considering three options:
1) Leave the tires on the car since they all still have good tread left, although they have screwed me twice;
2) Get four new BFGoodrich Advantage T/A Sport 91H tires installed and out of the door for $360 (current deal at BJs); or
3) Get four new General Altimax RT43 91H tires installed and out of the door for $420 (I have these on my Camry and like them).
What would you do? Bite the bullet and toss the Coopers, or good tread is good tread and keep them on?
4.5 years ago I was in a pinch and had four Cooper CS3 (195/65 R15 91T) tires put on her car. Then about 2.5 years ago one of the tires had a huge bulge in the sidewall. Again in a pinch, I went to the nearest tire store (Sears) and got two more Cooper CS3 tires to replace the bad one and its counterpart. At the time the original set had about 23,000 miles on them. I put the two new tires on the front and have kept the older tires on the back since then. However, when I had the tires replaced, I kept the third good tire as a full sized spare should she ever need it.
Fast forward to today and one of the older rear tires had a bulge on the sidewall (I'm really not a fan of these Cooper tires). So I grabbed the spare tire and replaced it. Now she has four Cooper CS3 tires on her car; the front tires have 24,500 miles on them, the one rear tire has 23,000 miles on it, and the other rear tire has 47,500 miles on it. They will be fine for now as even the oldest tire has decent tread left, but I am concerned how that hodgepodge will act once the snow comes.
So I am considering three options:
1) Leave the tires on the car since they all still have good tread left, although they have screwed me twice;
2) Get four new BFGoodrich Advantage T/A Sport 91H tires installed and out of the door for $360 (current deal at BJs); or
3) Get four new General Altimax RT43 91H tires installed and out of the door for $420 (I have these on my Camry and like them).
What would you do? Bite the bullet and toss the Coopers, or good tread is good tread and keep them on?