Tire Life

[Jamone]

I am at 30,500 today, and I am about 1/2 way between the wear indicators starting to wear and the tires becoming slicks.

[GrySql]

Have you tried corresponding with Goodyear?

In addition, you ought to have the Service Dept look at the car's alignment to make sure the chassis and suspension are not the cause.

Get Ashley to help you with this as a possible warranty issue.

Edited June 8, 2014 by GrySql

[ptjones]

I currently have 63K mi. Michelin's on my CMAX and should be replacing them shortly. About 80% hwy and 49psi with even wear, 4/32's. :)

 

Paul.

[acdii]

I got a quote yesterday for the Continental PureContact tires from my dealer. TireRack is $160 plus shipping, their quote, $1065. That works out to about $100 per tire to mount and balance them. Um I think I will shop around a bit instead. If I get a wheel package I can get 17's with these tires for $1280 delivered. That would get me a set of rims for snow tires then, put the snows on the stock rims.

 

Rim $113

Tire $143

Mount and TPMS $37

Set $293

 

Dealer price per tire, just the tires, $266.25

 

Shipping is $108.

 

The 17" tires is $143, the 18" $160. If I just get the tires, $694 shipped and then have to get them mounted and balanced, figure $40 a tire? Problem with that is I dont think I can fit all 4 in the car. I also have trust issues with my car, I don't trust places I have never been to to have my car put on a rack and muck up the lug nuts or like what happened with CC, gouging the rim putting them on.

 

The reviews for this tire are for the most part positive, only a couple negatives and mainly for noise. I haven't had a tire not make noise as they wore down, considering how much noise the crapyears are making, anything is an improvement.

[hybridbear]

I currently have 63K mi. Michelin's on my CMAX and should be replacing them shortly. About 80% hwy and 49psi with even wear, 4/32's. :)

 

Paul.

That's the kind of life I'd expect out of tires.

[Jamone]

Have you tried corresponding with Goodyear?

In addition, you ought to have the Service Dept look at the car's alignment to make sure the chassis and suspension are not the cause.

Get Ashley to help you with this as a possible warranty issue.

 

No, haven't contacted Goodyear. Honestly I'm glad to be getting rid of them. They have been very disappointing tires on many fronts.

 

I am going in tomorrow to get a set of Michelin Primacy MXM4s, along with getting the dealer to check the alignment/suspension.

 

I was quoted around ~$1300 for the four tires installed both by my dealer and another small shop. But I know the dealer price matches, so was able to get it down to ~$850.

[SteveB_TX]

Those are the same Michelins that came on my '13 MKZh. I love those tires. They corner nicely, provide a smooth ride, and look good... all while being extremely quiet. Good choice. :)

[acdii]

Those are the same Michelins that came on my '13 MKZh. I love those tires. They corner nicely, provide a smooth ride, and look good... all while being extremely quiet. Good choice. :)

How are they in snow? Oh wait, you live in hot as hell texas, aint no snow there! LOL The Continentals I am looking at have very good reviews for snow traction, which is why they are on my list instead of the Michelins.

[Jamone]

Good thing I live in VA. ? I've never had a bad Michelin for rain. If it snows I just work from home. Too many friends put in hospital from other drivers screwing up in snow.

[SteveB_TX]

How are they in snow? Oh wait, you live in hot as hell texas, aint no snow there! LOL The Continentals I am looking at have very good reviews for snow traction, which is why they are on my list instead of the Michelins.

 

Ha! I have the T-shirt for surviving the Christmas Blizzard of 2009! We had a record setting 12 inches. Granted, that is a snow shower for you guys up north, but still... :)

[corncobs]

 

Ha! I have the T-shirt for surviving the Christmas Blizzard of 2009! We had a record setting 12 inches. Granted, that is a snow shower for you guys up north, but still... :)

Cool I would love to see that shirt. 12" is not bad at all for TX how long were you guys shut down?

 

We had the third biggest blizzard in Chicago history in February of 2011 and it was 3x as much over night.

[acdii]

Cool I would love to see that shirt. 12" is not bad at all for TX how long were you guys shut down?

 

We had the third biggest blizzard in Chicago history in February of 2011 and it was 3x as much over night.

I have some pictures of that somewhere, I had drifts as high as my barn and carport. The road was completely closed in both directions, it didn't exist. They didn't get the road cleared until the next day.

[ptjones]

Having been in Flagstaff,AZ for 25years I have plenty of experience in the snow and have several thousand miles in snow and Icy conditions on the HWYs around the country during the winter months and had no serious problems with the Michelin's. Granted I wasn't driving through 12" snow drifts, but I don't think it would matter if you high center the car. Also you beat the MPG's. IMO :)

 

Paul

[Jamone]

Got the Michelins and an alignment today. Was off quite a bit. Haven't noticed any difference in MPG on my trip to/from work, and that was with them at 37.5 psi (what the dealer set). Did hit a monsoon, and they did so much better then those Goodyears ever did.

[SteveB_TX]

Cool I would love to see that shirt. 12" is not bad at all for TX how long were you guys shut down?

 

We had the third biggest blizzard in Chicago history in February of 2011 and it was 3x as much over night.

 

I had prepared by stocking up a weeks worth of food. We used it all. Im not sure how long the "big city" was down, but my little burg was shut down for several days. We don't even have a snow plow... had to bring in road graders!

[GrySql]

Got the Michelins and an alignment today. Was off quite a bit. Haven't noticed any difference in MPG on my trip to/from work, and that was with them at 37.5 psi (what the dealer set). Did hit a monsoon, and they did so much better then those Goodyears ever did.image.jpg

Alignment was off, makes sense they wore out faster than normal. I guess my alignment is okay then, thanks for the info.

[GrayStrider]

Got new shoes for our 2013 FFH yesterday. Researched a bit on my own earlier in the week, and read through the boards here. Decided to have the original Michelin Energy Savers put back on, even though they're on the expensive side. I don't want to lose any mileage, and everything I read indicated that people lost 1 to 3 mpg by going to a different tire instead of putting the original tire type back on. QuickLane had a promotion for a $70 rebate when buying 4 Michelin tires, which I had them add to my Ford Owner Advantage Rebate card. Had a $15 credit waiting on the card, plus earned another $47 for buying the tires there. Ended up paying $1003 out the door. Just clicked over to 41K miles and since we were down to around 3/32nds when the car was serviced at the 39K checkup, it was time to get the tires replaced.

[murphy]

A warning about Ford Owner Advantage. I've been through two dealers that had FOA when I started using them and they discontinued the service. The first gave enough warning that I was able to clear my balance. The second gave no warning, my balance was lost. Don't keep a balance on an FOA account because the dealer can drop the program at any time.

[GrayStrider]

Thanks for the heads up, murphy. Hopefully mine will stay on the program long enough to get my $117 worth of rebate service. After new tires, the brakes are sounding a little strange, so may be bringing it in for a checkup a little earlier than planned.

[darrelld]

Depending upon how you drive I would think the Fusion Hybrid would wear tires faster due to the available torque from 0 RPM. Tire stress due to rotational forces would be greater when attempting to inititate the 3600 lbs of mass into motion with the electric motors 177lbs of torque. No gas engine aside from a manual equipped car revving and dumping the clutch would produce those type of forces from a complete stop.

 

Tesla and high torque diesel equipped cars have the problem of faster tire wear due to this.

[corncobs]

Depending upon how you drive I would think the Fusion Hybrid would wear tires faster due to the available torque from 0 RPM. Tire stress due to rotational forces would be greater when attempting to inititate the 3600 lbs of mass into motion with the electric motors 177lbs of torque. No gas engine aside from a manual equipped car revving and dumping the clutch would produce those type of forces from a complete stop.

 

Tesla and high torque diesel equipped cars have the problem of faster tire wear due to this.

Interesting idea / explanation.

[GrySql]

My car has 30k on it now and I'm using the Ford CS check to buy some new tires.

My GY Eagle 18" LS2 tires are still barely above the wear strips but the places I sometimes go are very hot and desolate, so I like good tires.

 

I bought Continental's PureContact with EcoPlus Technology, it is a LRR Grand Touring All-Season tire.

Got them from Tire Rack and had them sent to my friend's repair shop, he could not get them as cheaply as Tire Rack.

He'll install and do an alignment for me tomorrow.

My Ford check pays for the whole thing.

 

 

[tr7driver]

My car has 30k on it now and I'm using the Ford CS check to buy some new tires.

My GY Eagle 18" LS2 tires are still barely above the wear strips but the places I sometimes go are very hot and desolate, so I like good tires.

 

I bought Continental's PureContact with EcoPlus Technology, it is a LRR Grand Touring All-Season tire.

Got them from Tire Rack and had them sent to my friend's repair shop, he could not get them as cheaply as Tire Rack.

He'll install and do an alignment for me tomorrow.

My Ford check pays for the whole thing.

 

 

Let us know how they perform. I think several folks here are looking at those for a replacement.

[darrelld]

My car has 30k on it now and I'm using the Ford CS check to buy some new tires.

My GY Eagle 18" LS2 tires are still barely above the wear strips but the places I sometimes go are very hot and desolate, so I like good tires.

 

I bought Continental's PureContact with EcoPlus Technology, it is a LRR Grand Touring All-Season tire.

Got them from Tire Rack and had them sent to my friend's repair shop, he could not get them as cheaply as Tire Rack.

He'll install and do an alignment for me tomorrow.

My Ford check pays for the whole thing.

 

 

 

 

I replaced the stock 18" tires with a set of the PureContact within the first 500 miles.

[GrySql]

 

 

I replaced the stock 18" tires with a set of the PureContact within the first 500 miles.

Are yours the same as I linked to in my post?

I'll find out if I like them in about 3 hours.