Goodyear Fuel Max tires

[joe350gt]

All,

I finally went to the Goodyear website tonight to read about the new tires they have on their commercials. Rated at 65,000 miles but what caught my eye was max load for them is at 51 p.s.i.!!! I'm going to be getting some tires soon so maybe I'll be the guinea pig for a set of them. If anyone else has/gets a set please post your thoughts on 'em.

Joe

[Sandy]

let us know

[Boo]

FYI, there are also these other two threads that have, among other things, user reviews of the tires:

http://priuschat.com/forums/care-mai...-fuel-max.html

http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-ma...-buy-them.html

[seopositive2]

The Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max features a proprietary fuel-saving tread compound that helps reduce energy loss as the tire rolls, so less gas is required to keep the tire rolling.

[PriusShark]

I bought a set of the FuelMax tires about a month ago to replace the stock worn down tires with only 16K on them. The first thing you will notice with these tires is once you are rolling and take your foot of the gas, you don't feel like the car is slowing down by itself, so yes it has MUCH better rolling resistance. The ride and the quietness of the tires are better than stock but nothing to get too excited about. Finally the most important thing is the MPG savings, I just checked the PSI in all of them this morning.. the front was at 31.5 and the rears were at 32psi.. with that in mind I was getting better gas mileage (by 1 MPG). I just pumped the front up to 36PSI and the rear to 35PSI today so I will re post on my next fill up. I'm guessing these tires will be really good once I find the correct PSI for these tires and the Prius.

[Trevor]

I have had them for a week and half now. I hope it's not my imagination, but as PriusShark stated, the car seems to roll forever with my foot off the gas. Oh the highway I'm guessing that I'm seeing around 2mph higher. The installer had 32 all around, but I put it up to 40/38 to match what I ran the Integrities at. I might try 44/42 after a few tanks.

I drove on the original Integrities for 39,800 miles and probably had the tread for a few thousand more. Decided to go with the Fuel Max over the other popular replacement tires because I realized that didn't have any complaints about the original tires. Since the Fuel Max has higher ratings that the Integrity, I figured that it would suit my driving needs without risking any fuel economy.

[PriusRacer]

good choice on those tires, I still have the stock Integrity's and the tread's almost gone. So far I dont think that these tires are going to last me more than 29,000 miles and im at about 26,xxx and i dont drive very aggresive.

[freo-1]

Originally Posted by PriusRacer

good choice on those tires, I still have the stock Integrity's and the tread's almost gone. So far I dont think that these tires are going to last me more than 29,000 miles and im at about 26,xxx and i dont drive very aggresive.

The Integrity's stink! I changed my tires on the 2007 to Goodyear Assurance Comfort Tread, and the upgrade in handling is significant. The gas mileage went down about 1-2 mpg, but the handling is WAY better (espcially in New England, with all the rain and snow).

[ETP]

Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max

[morpheusx]

Because of some traction issues I originally had on the Integrities I decided to get the Assurance Triple treds. Because they don't make them in the stock Prius size I had to get the slightly wider 195/60R15 and now that I have about 10,000 miles or so on them I am now able to steadily get 60 MPG on them, but initially I took a hit on them all winter long.
I would be very interested to know how the Fuel Max Assurance tires do especially in the smaller stock size.