Tyre/tire advice

[iclaudius]

Any suggestions for replacing the Pirilli 6000s on our V70 2.4 - or are
the Pirellis the best? Prefer strong tyres that will stand up to the
many speed humps we have in our area, and also low noise on highway.

IC

 

[~^ beancounter ~^]

i am getting ready to do all 4 on my 00 s89t6...looking
at discount tyre, micheilns (sp?), pirells, goodyear,
yokahama, and toyo's......Boy, I only got 30k miles
out of this last set of micheiln's x series...the yokahama (sp?)
have the best miliage rating (60k miles)....but, the shop
trying to put me on a set of toyo's (for the best price)....tells
me the yokahama's are a very "hard" tyre, and not that
great in the snow.....i have always used micheilns but, i
am not sure i want to pay almost twice as much $$ for
them today....i am not sure about road noise on any of these...

http://www.tirerack.com

has some nice ratings and chat boards on tyres, you might
try them for evualations on road noise, etc...i doubt you can
go wrong w/either pirellis or micheiln's...they are both the
most expensive and highly rated tyres out there...i am told
by most everyone you get what you pay for w/tyres...are you
on 16 or 17" wheels?.....That is a whole nother conversation.....

cheers !!!! Let us all know what you go with, I will do the same...

 

[iclaudius]

~^ beancounter ~^ wrote: are you are you
on 16 or 17" wheels?

16 inch - 215/55/16/W - I'm in the UK. I've just spent a bit of time looking
at this and the best choices seem to be, if you don't want Pirelli or
Michelin:

mid-range - Hankook Ventus Prime - found a place offering £10 ($20) off
these.
mid/premium - Vredestein Sportrak 3
premium ? Continental Premium Contact 2

The UK Volvo Club people like Goodyear Eagle F1s and don't like Pirellis.

 

[Wooly]

Any suggestions for replacing the Pirilli 6000s on our V70 2.4 - or are
the Pirellis the best? Prefer strong tyres that will stand up to the
many speed humps we have in our area, and also low noise on highway.

IC

I just installed Kumho Ecsta ASX 235/45/17 tires(tyres) on my V70 2.4T.
Per reviews they ought to provide decent treadwear and good dry/wet
handling (it is dry most of the year where I live, rains occasionally,
snows once every 5 years).

As I'm coming from an SUV that drove abominably the comfort/road noise
items weren't at issue - anything except perhaps another SUV would be an
improvement.

 

[s60]

I too have been shopping for tires. I'm leaning toward to yokahama avid.
I've owned several sets of Cooper Lifeliner & was most impressed with their
ride and handling, but their "public" ratings seem on fair.