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William Lowry recently spent $500 to replace the tires on his Toyota Camry hybrid.

[Rocket Surgeon]

Interesting article. I learn something new everyday. I'm always looking for ways to improve economy. I had no idea that rolling resistance made up 20% of fuel consumption.

Guess I'll look at Michelin next time I need tires.

[Perry Mason]

The tire business is really corrupt. I would stay way from Good Year tires & their franchised stores. I paid big money for a set of Michelin Energy saving tires at the Cosco in Lake Park. When I took the car to Weber Wheel Alignment, three of the tires were badly out of round. I never bothered to go back to Cosco, as I think this was a contrived event.

[Joe Sixpack]

Anything to improve mileage would be welcome. I wouldn't buy tire from discount houses. They generally don't have the up to date models and I suspect some of the tires maybe rejects from the regular tire stores. If you think there may be a problem with the tires you definitely need to have the problem taken care of as soon as possible. Your safety on the road depends on them. I also noticed the tire manufacturers change their product line up very quickly. I once had a sidewall puncture on a tire and upon inquiry as to replacement I was told they no longer made that tire. So I started looking for other tires and found out the manufactures were not producing 15 inch tires for my pickup. Sears quoted me $1200 for replacement tires and wheels. What a pain. So be careful when trying to replace tires with the same model and size.

[Life]

Perry Mason wrote:

The tire business is really corrupt. I would stay way from Good Year tires & their franchised stores. I paid big money for a set of Michelin Energy saving tires at the Cosco in Lake Park. When I took the car to Weber Wheel Alignment, three of the tires were badly out of round. I never bothered to go back to Cosco, as I think this was a contrived event.

Well there's your problem. You should have gone to Costco stupid not cosco!

[camry junk]

Google 07 camry transmission problems

[HYBRID PRIUS TIRES]

I have had two Prius cars an 2003 that advertised "low rolling resistance "tires and a 2006 with different tires !If you google on PRIUS CHAT you will find discussions on best tires ! At higher speeds a little extra tire pressure seems to help. I can also tell the difference with the onboard computer with running on different surfaces as concrete shows a jump in fuel economy over asphalt,The Prius is so sensitive you can see a 10mpg jump if you draft behind a large van or trailer .

[Perry Mason]

Life wrote:

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Well there's your problem. You should have gone to Costco stupid not cosco!

Sorry for the incorrect spelling of Costco, but I am not stupid. I guess you didn't like what I had to say?

[Biker]

You will have to live with trade offs. I found a big difference in "stickiness" with motorcycle tires. Trust me, you can't have tires with too much stickiness in the rain coming off an exit with a reverse crown in the curve. Sticky tires wear much more quickly and probably get worse gas mileage than a nice over-inflated hard tire.

In Florida, because of rain and oily roads, I would consider a sticky tire for both a bike and a car with a good tread and narrow width to prevent hydroplaning.

[Alan]

Unfortunately many people in these forums cannot intelligently discuss an issue and respect others' opinions. They ignore the topic and attempt to show their intelligence by pointing out misspelled words.

Perry Mason wrote:

<quoted text> Sorry for the incorrect spelling of Costco, but I am not stupid. I guess you didn't like what I had to say?

[Alonzo Quijana]

I like the idea of energy efficiency information and ratings, but I do not like the idea of mandatory efficiency. If a consumer wants lower MPG tires with better traction, that should be his or her choice, ot that of a government.

[joseph]

I like Michelin on all our vehicles..

[rip offs]

10 years ago tires were 40 bucks each now, the least expensive is 80-90 bucks! what is this about?? even the oil is used to make them, the 2 gallons per tire did not go from 1.50 per gallon to 35.00 gallon! looks like anti trust amgost manufactors or dealers!