GoodYear Integrities! Bad Tire?

[aaf709]

I was thinking about going to the Goodyear Comfortreads, but I'm concerned about mileage change. Is that true?

[mcbrunnhilde]

I put Michelin X-Radials on mine (they're only available at club stores like Costco), and I'm very satisfied with them so far. I don't notice any mileage drop, and they were rated more highly than Hydroedges by Consumer Reports in their 11/05 issue.

[donee]

Hi All,

Like Barbaram, I found the Hydrogedges THE answer for the Saturn SL series car poor braking in wet traffic conditions. They are especially good on the gooey road conditions that occur with the first rain after a long dusty dry spell. In wet clean, well draining conditions, they can almost be driven as if in the dry. The first time I came down from 40 into a stop sign in rainy weather on the Hydroedges, I stopped 2 car lengths short of the line.

I drove my Prius for the first 5000 miles on the Integrities. At about 4000 miles, I was behind an apparently inexperieced driver in wet weather in a line of traffic at about 35 mph. Due to conditions, there was a blind spot, to me, and around that blind spot there was an SUV that had slid into a drainage ditch in the oncoming lane of traffic, with its tail up partially in the lane. It was at about a 40 degree angle to the road. The SUV was trying to back out, but was hung up on the edge of the ditch. If it had been able to back out, it would have been head-on in the lane I was driving in. There was traffic in a left turn lane next to the lane the SUV was in. The inexperieced driver came around the blind spot and rather than slow down, slid sideways and almost clipped the left turn lane traffic. Seeing this, I lifted throttle, and when I saw the SUV I began braking as much as I could, but there was slipping. I was steering straight, but still slid. Then I had to lift brake to regain steer and avoid collision. I was only down to about 25 mph, making about a 75 degree turn between the SUV and left turn traffic. As I came through the gap, the SUV was gunning it in reverse making the gap very narrow. The Prius with the Integrities also slid in the turn.


With having such a good experience with the Hydroedges, I decided to get those on the Prius. I have to say the Integrities are a world of improvement better that the Firestone tires on the Saturn SL series, but the Prius puts even greater demands on its tires due to the nature of the design. I think the Hydroedges are worth the money, although I did get a 50 dollar discount on a set of four when I bought them. With the 20 dollar per tire trade in on the Integrities, the out of pocket was around $75 per tire.

[Gen2]

"GoodYear Integrities! Bad Tire?, Or others like me just used to driving on cheaper tires."

I think that they are terrible and possibly the worst tires that I have ever owned. I am currently shopping for a set of Goodyear Eagle Responsedge.

[chimohio]

I got rid of the Integrities yesterday and put on ComfortTred 195/60/15 - car seemed smoother on the ride home (1.5 miles) but won't know about mileage until I go to work Monday.

[priusenvy]

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I think that they are terrible and possibly the worst tires that I have ever owned.
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Those words echo my sentiments exactly. After I switched to TripleTreds all the annoying traction-related anomalies with TRAC, ABS, and the regenerative braking system disappeared.