[Zippycamrygirl]

I went to the dealership to have my oil changed and they tell me the wear on my tires are at the point that I should think about new ones.
( at 31,000 I find that hard to accept ) anyway, can someone tell me what tires they feel work best on the TCH.
I realize they make a zillion of them however with the car being a hybrid I have to believe that I may need to look at a certian rating or tire grade.
I am in Michigan so depending on the season our temps can range from -20 below to 90 above.

I am also looking for a nice soft ride ( i guess i'm getting old and comfort means a bit more to me now ) ...

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.

ps. I'm not going to buy tires from the dealership. They seem to be over priced.

Zippy

[jdenenberg]

• Where do you live? If you have a real winter, I suggest looking for Nokian WRg2 tires
  • Good ride
  • Almost as good as snow tires in wet, snow or ice
  • Low Rolling Resistance (good MPG)
  • rated at about 50k miles tread life
  • A little expensive
• Otherwise look at the TireRack (no Nokians there) web site for their review of LRR tires (mostly summer tires, but a few All Weather tires that compete with the WRg2)

JeffD

[Ed_T]

Yokohama dB Super E-Spec will be my next tire.

[jdenenberg]

Zippycamrygirl said:

I went to the dealership to have my oil changed and they tell me the wear on my tires are at the point that I should think about new ones. ( at 31,000 I find that hard to accept )

The original tires used by Toyota are, in general, not very good tires and you may need an alignment.

anyway, can someone tell me what tires they feel work best on the TCH.
I realize they make a zillion of them however with the car being a hybrid I have to believe that I may need to look at a certain rating or tire grade.

You need to use tires that have the same or higher load rating (see the sidewall information) and I prefer to buy H-rated tires (not S or T). Since it is a hybrid, you should look for Low Rolling Resistance (LRR) tires (there are at least a half dozen brands/models) to maintain your MPG.

I am in Michigan so depending on the season our temps can range from -20 below to 90 above.

Now you are narrowing the choice down to tires that perform well in ice/snow. If you don't want to have separate winter tires, I suggest that you look at the Nokian (from Finland) WRg2 (these are the tires I use). You'll have to look around for a tire dealer that carries them and doesn't overcharge for them as few tire dealers know that they exist. Plan on spending over $600 for the set of 4 tires at your tire size - 205/60HR16 (You don't want or need V-rated tires. They are expensive and have poor tread life).

I am also looking for a nice soft ride ( i guess I'm getting old and comfort means a bit more to me now ) ... .

Just don't pump the tires up to their sidewall maximum rating (51 psi), but higher psi gives better MPG and tread wear.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.

You're welcome.

ps. I'm not going to buy tires from the dealership. They seem to be over priced.

Most of them are.

JeffD

[GeorgiaHybrid]

Just got in from doing the 80,000 mile oil, oil filter, air filter and cabin filter change. I also rotated the tires at the same time and measured the remaining tread on them. Wear across the tire is fairly even with the tread depth raging from 6/32 to 7/32 across the tire. The original tread depth was 9.5/32 so they have lost roughly 3/32 of tread in 40,000 miles.

I usually replace mine at 4/32 of tread depth so at this rate, they will make 60,000 easy before I need new tires. I replaced the original Bridgestone's at just under 40,000 miles and they were shot with between 2/32 and 3/32 of tread left. I was trying for 40,000 but they were starting to make me nervous.

The Michelin Energy Saver A/S tires that I replaced the original tires with have been great so far. They perform well on dry or wet roads but it should be noted that during our snows this winter, I parked the Camry and drove the 4WD Pilot instead. I can't stand the traction control on the Camry and get mad when I have to jump thru hoops to turn it off. you are on your own when it comes to deciding how well they work on snow.

[stefano5777]

I have had good results with the Bridgestone ecopia ep422 great all season tire with 60k rating and very quite tire handles well in dry and monsoon rain. Also tire has excellent fuel economy.