Goodyear Fuel Max tires

[Barcelona Red Lass]

Hi! I've been reading this thread and have a couple questions...

We're replacing the tires for the first time on our 07 baby. The original Goodyears lasted us 40K miles.

In calling around I've gotten a couple of suggestions from tire people and I want to know what you all think.

One guy says he recommends Goodyear LS2's in 195 65 R15 size, and says the car handles better with the bigger tire. The other guy says GT Radials in the original size are the best for the prius, he swears the car gets better mileage and that the tires last at least 50k miles. Of course, the GT Radials are about 1/3 higher in price than the Goodyear LS2's.

Or should we just go with the Fuel Max tires?

Any opinions/information/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[Boo]

Originally Posted by Barcelona Red Lass

Hi! I've been reading this thread and have a couple questions...

We're replacing the tires for the first time on our 07 baby. The original Goodyears lasted us 40K miles.

In calling around I've gotten a couple of suggestions from tire people and I want to know what you all think.

One guy says he recommends Goodyear LS2's in 195 65 R15 size, and says the car handles better with the bigger tire. The other guy says GT Radials in the original size are the best for the prius, he swears the car gets better mileage and that the tires last at least 50k miles. Of course, the GT Radials are about 1/3 higher in price than the Goodyear LS2's.

Or should we just go with the Fuel Max tires?

Any opinions/information/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

In my opinion:

1. Lose the one guy that recommends any tire in the 195/65R15 size. Your OEM size is 185/65R15. If you want to go with a 195mm width tire, the size to get is 195/60R15 as that is the size closest in diameter to the OEM size.

2. There are lots of good passenger all season tires out there. I personally like and have the Goodyear Assurance TripleTreds. But the Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max sounds good too. If I didn't need the better snow traction of the TripleTreds, I'd probably try the Fuel Max.

According to Goodyear, the Fuel Max should be better than your OEM Integrity tire in every respect except snow traction performance (according to Goodyear, the Fuel Max and Integrity are equal in snow traction performance).

Note that the Fuel Max is available in both the OEM size of 185/65R15 and the wider size of 195/60R15. Personally, I would get them in the wider 195/60R15 size because the 10mm greater width promises better handling and braking.

Good luck.

[essaunders]

I'm in the same boat: 07 with 40K miles probably needing new tires soon.
I run and like Goodyear Assurance Triple Tread on my 2000 Subaru Outback: I was considering them for the Prius, but then I saw the Fuel Max option.
Is the tradeoff as simple as better efficiency for the Fuel Max and better snow traction for the Triple Tread? Is there something else I'm missing?

[Boo]

Originally Posted by essaunders

I'm in the same boat: 07 with 40K miles probably needing new tires soon.
I run and like Goodyear Assurance Triple Tread on my 2000 Subaru Outback: I was considering them for the Prius, but then I saw the Fuel Max option.
Is the tradeoff as simple as better efficiency for the Fuel Max and better snow traction for the Triple Tread? Is there something else I'm missing?

Here's how Goodyear rates the performance of TripleTred, Fuel Max, ComforTred and OEM Integrity in different categories other than fuel economy:

Goodyear Tires | Car And Minivan Tires | Compare Tires

I'm assuming that the Fuel Max has better fuel economy than TripleTred, ComforTred and Integrity.

[dbird29]

My wife is driving her 2005 Prius across South Dakota & Montana st Interstate speeds (80 MPH) and reports 43.5 MPG with her new Fuel Max tires.
That is up from the normal 38 MPG doing the same Interstate drive with her old worn out tires.
The old tires were a muttly mix of Big O & Goodyear due to flats and upsell by Toyota mechanics.

I can't wait to see what the MPG is in town.

BTW air pressure is 42psi F/40psi R