New tire suggestions - stock LT wheels

[ahtoxa]

Ok folks, I need your help here. I am looking to replace my garbage Hankooks on the 15" LT wheels. I am not looking to replace the wheel - just new tires. I can go 195/65/15 or go plus-zero to 205/60/15.

I want your opinions and experiences of what tires you use/like. The important thing here is that it has to come in either of the above sizes and NOT be above $95 per tire.

Requirements in order of priority.

- Wet traction
- 40k miles lifespan
- no more than $95 per tire
- dry traction (low priority here because it's pretty much a "gimme" these days for a low power car such as the Sonic)

Fire away!

 

[laborsmith]

Given the stated parameters, what is wrong with the Hankooks?


Laborsmith

 

[ahtoxa]

Just look at these survey results for the Optimo H428. Just about the last tire you want to buy in this category.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Hankook&tireModel=Optimo+H428&partnum=965HR5H428&fromSurvey=true

 

[DrumMedic]

I'd search tirerack.com. Tons of tires in the stock size for under $95 a tire.

I have about 15k on my stock Hankooks and have had no issues and they are wearing quite well.

I had a set of BF Goodrich Advantage T/A's on my old Impala that I had on the car for 30k and they still looked new. I will definitely be considering BF Goodrich when it's time to replace the tires on my Sonic.

 

[Opticon]

Thread is a fail. Nobody that knows anything about tire performance runs a 65 series sidewall on a pizza cutter rim.

Choices in order of logic:

1) Save your pennies and buy at least 16x7.5 wheels with summer tires and throw winter rubber on your stock wheels (if your climate requires them).

2) Drive the stock tires into dust and ask a Pep Boys clerk what to put on next.

3) Head over to TireRack, research their test results, and spend money to FEEL like any of it matters.

 

[ahtoxa]

Ignorant post is ignorant. On all 3 counts. Also generalizing fail.

 

[Opticon]

ig·no·rant: adjective - lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

Not really. I'm more dismissive. I simply posted my blunt opinion instead of trying to convince you with objective details that your money would be better spent on hookers and blow.


But if you REALLY want a reccomendation for a good pedestrian tire, mine is "anything Michelin" with the caveat, "you get what you pay for".

 

[laborsmith]

And I thought I was being dismissive!

It is the price range that is the stumbling block. Once open to an additional fifty or sixty bucks per tire I expect a whole range of best tires will come up. I am not a Michelin person but I would expect going to the $180s for a Michelin would get one there.

Laborsmith

 

[Opticon]

Here, this is what I suggest to all my non-driver friends.

Tiger Paw Touring | Uniroyal Tire

Cheap, long lasting, good in the wet, strong enough sidewalls not to bubble when you hit PA potholes. And you can usually get them from your local Pep Boys installed at a discount.

I've put them on 4 different daily beaters now (Dodge Shadow, Dodge Spirit, Dodge Neon, Honda Civic) and they've never had a problem.

 

[ahtoxa]

No reason to be dismissive. It was a valid question as not everyone wants or needs to change wheels/tire size. There are lots of far-better-than-your-average-offbrand-pepboys tire out there, which is what I was asking. If I wanted a cheap plebian tire I would have asked some of the pepboys imbeciles instead of doing research, part of which was asking owners first hand.

Not really sure why your feathers got ruffled.