Falken 912 tires on touring 08 mini-review

[problemchild]

Where bought= onlinetires.com
How much= $77 per tire
Where installed= American tires
Cost of install= $15 each flat rate

Ok so after shopping around I bought the Falken 912's in 195-55-16. Treadware is 360 although you wont find this on onlinetires site. I was able to get 36k out of my turanza stock tires with treadware of 280.

This is what I noticed after the install.

Tires are MUCH quieter.
Road noise is MUCH less
Road tracking and pull is less
Tire psi set to 40psi x 4
Sidewalls are a bit softer and have a small amount more give going round corners (I guess that limits my drifting abilities )
MPG seems up 1-2mpg (edit I initially said down 1-2 but after 3 days its up)

That is the 50 mile review. I will post again at the end of this tank to let you know where my total miles driven on this tank and mfd mpg display are. Normally with my short trip driving and my AC use my display mpg is at 41.x mpg.

My car has a slight pull to the left when I brake so I guess I need an alignment (did this with old tires too)

[a_gray_prius]

Do you know what the weight of the tires are? I would like to add it to the list of tire weights I have going:

Tire Weights

[iioeo]

i'm looking at these tires as an option for replacing all four of mine. make sure to let us know when you have an update!

[PriusLewis]

I also just went to Falken ZE-912's on my '06 in the stock 15" size. I agree with the quieter and better ride. However, for me it has dropped my mileage about 4 MPG consistently. I've had them for a month and a half. I loved the ZE-512 on my Neon ACR and decided to try the "new" version. I'm happy with the choice, especially at about half the cost of my next choice, the Michelin A/S.

[problemchild]

5 day report. So after driving on them for 5 days now this is another update. My mpg is a tick above normal at 42.x mpg. I attribute that to not having run my AC as much this week. Also I noticed that my new tires are bigger around then the old tires. The car sits about an inch higher then it did before. The car does not scape when going into driveways from the road. Same driveways and no scraping from front air dam. So I am thinking the bigger tire is spinning less rpm and reporting my mpg as less then it should be. A couple of points on the mpg display would have me at 44.x mpg. So to sum it up I am getting the same or better mpg with the new tires compared to the old. One last thing I noticed is a slight tracking in the freeway rain grooves but its not that bad. I will report back at the end of this tank.........

[problemchild]

Another update...

Well 1 week and 300 miles later the tires are great. I am getting exactly the same mpg as the stock noise-ranzas (turanza) tires. So much for Low rolling resistance tires. These have no LRR rating and they get exactly the same mpg as the mid range LRR tires.

Seems the LRR tires are not "All that".

[problemchild]

Just another update after 11 days of driving. My mpg seems up by 1mpg.

Pros
quiet
Cheap

Cons
a bit softer sidewall (5-10%) @40psi (I may bump it to 45psi and report back)
tracks a bit on cement freeway rain grooves

[PriusLewis]

My update: the last two tanks have been more in the 44-45 MPG range, meaning my ZE-912's are breaking in nicely and the mileage is returning to what I had with the Bridgestones before the change. I agree with the pros and cons, although a softer sidewall, to me, is a pro, not a con . I like the slightly softer ride - much less abrupt over sharp bumps.