Touring Edition Tire Upgrade

[donee]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ceric @ Oct 23 2007, 07:37 PM) [snapback]529449[/snapback]</div>

Guys:

Discount Tires is having $100 off for a set of 4 tires. Very good deal!
I just got a set of 4 Sumitomo 205/60R15 to replace my poor Goodyear Integrity 185/65R15
(worn out at 22K - I don't inflat them to 40psi) for ONLY $192 ($0 shipping, $0 salse tax). (both are at 24.5" diameter)
You can easily find a local shop to mount them for $15/per + $4 stem/disposal
See here.
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/findTireSection.do
I was told that you could have the same deal at your local America's Tire. Not sure about this personally.

Tirerack.com is a very good resource for researching tires. They normally have better price than Discount Tires.
However, with $100 off, Discount Tires has better deal NOW.
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Hi Ceric,

I took advantage of that Discount Tire offer, about a year ago. Seems they have it in the late summer or fall. That , and the $15 per tire trade in on the 5K mile GY Integrities, and the four new Hydroedge 185/65R15 tires was a good deal. Discount has several stores in the area here. The usual one I went too did not have them in stock, so just got on the website and found one that did, and made an appointment.

[Boo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prim2 @ Oct 23 2007, 06:02 PM) [snapback]529443[/snapback]</div>

All looks great. Very handy link, by the way!

Cheers,

Geoff
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Thanks. Here's another online tire size/rpm calculator. It's from 1010tires.com. BTW, if you punch in OEM/New Tire sizes numbers on this calculator, you get slightly different rpm results than from the other online calculator I'd previously linked. Go figure.

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp

[Boo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ceric @ Oct 23 2007, 06:37 PM) [snapback]529449[/snapback]</div>

Guys:

Discount Tires is having $100 off for a set of 4 tires. Very good deal! ....You can easily find a local shop to mount them for $15/per + $4 stem/disposal ....
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(donee @ Oct 23 2007, 07:17 PM) [snapback]529461[/snapback]</div>

I took advantage of that Discount Tire offer, about a year ago. Seems they have it in the late summer or fall.....
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Thanks ceric and donee for the info. Good to know that Discount Tire may run this $100 off deal periodically or at least once a year.

ceric's mentioning of the $4 stem/disposal fee reminds me that it should be noted on this thread that one's Prius does or is likely to have a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). If it does, then it's built into each wheel and tire valve, and in which case one should make the tire installer aware of the TPMS and make sure it doesn't replace the wheel's TPMS tire valve or otherwise damage the TPMS.

[wblovett]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(topkick @ Oct 21 2007, 10:24 PM) [snapback]528644[/snapback]</div>

Hey Bill,

I have another question for you (or anyone that knows). Does the Pirelli P4 tire come from an outlet like Sam's club or one of the others? I see where they can be bought online at several places but then have to get them shipped and locally mounted. Thanks for any info.
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I bought my Pirellis from a local "mom and pop" store, and didn't really shop around for prices. Even so, I paid $429 for a set of 4 (including mounting, balancing, etc.). I would be surprised if great discounts can be found on a Pirelli. The company thinks very highly of itself.

[patsparks]

My prefered tyre size calculator.
I like it because it is very simple and in plain english
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

[topkick]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bill_Lovett @ Oct 24 2007, 07:16 AM) [snapback]529628[/snapback]</div>

I bought my Pirellis from a local "mom and pop" store, and didn't really shop around for prices. Even so, I paid $429 for a set of 4 (including mounting, balancing, etc.). I would be surprised if great discounts can be found on a Pirelli. The company thinks very highly of itself.
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Thanks Bill,

I was asking because I have been unable to find the Pirelli brand except for on the internet. I have a place that will balance and install if I can locate them for a good price.

Thanks again, Jim


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(patsparks @ Oct 24 2007, 07:32 AM) [snapback]529630[/snapback]</div>

My prefered tyre size calculator.
I like it because it is very simple and in plain english
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
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Thanks Patsparks that is a worth while place to visit.

Jim

[Boo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(topkick @ Oct 24 2007, 11:29 AM) [snapback]529694[/snapback]</div>

Thanks Bill,

I was asking because I have been unable to find the Pirelli brand except for on the internet. I have a place that will balance and install if I can locate them for a good price.

Thanks again, Jim
Thanks Patsparks that is a worth while place to visit.

Jim
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Hi Jim,

I think, but haven't confirmed, that the Oklahoma City tire places linked here (yellowpages.superpages.com web page) sell Pirelli tires:

http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings...tail%5ETires%5E

But if not or if their prices are too high, then it's pretty easy to buy tires online and have the online retailer ship the tires to you, or drop-ship them to one of the online retailer's approved local installers.

Good luck.

[topkick]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Boo @ Oct 24 2007, 10:44 AM) [snapback]529706[/snapback]</div>

Hi Jim,

I think, but haven't confirmed, that the Oklahoma City tire places linked here (yellowpages.superpages.com web page) sell Pirelli tires:

http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings...tail%5ETires%5E

But if not or if their prices are too high, then it's pretty easy to buy tires online and have the online retailer ship the tires to you, or drop-ship them to one of the online retailer's approved local installers.

Good luck.
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Thanks Boo, I will go and check Hibdon Tire out. They may have what I want. Today I went to a local Toyota place to get the tire fixed that had a nail that I found yesterday when doing tire rotation. Two months ago I paid the same place $20 to repair a nail hole (I thought that was fair since they had to break the tire down inorder to patch it). Today there was no charge and I asked what the deal was, I was told " We can't charge for fixing a tire when you can go next door and they will do it free". I looked next door and there was a new Hibdon Tire store! I have been all over to about 15 tire stores but did not try Hibdon.

Thanks again, Jim

[Boo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(patsparks @ Oct 24 2007, 08:32 AM) [snapback]529630[/snapback]</div>

My prefered tyre size calculator.
I like it because it is very simple and in plain english
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
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Thanks Pat. It is a simple, plain english calculator.

Seems odd to me that each of the 3 different tire size calculators now linked on this thread yields slightly different results. I would have thought that there would be more mathematical certainty or uniformity.

[Boo]

In the original Tire Upgrade thread (the one started by nyprius and mainly about tires for the Standard Prius), misslexi just posted a preliminary review of the Falken Ziex ze-912 in the Touring OEM 195/55/16 size:

Originally Posted by misslexi

I've put 500+ miles now on the Falken Ziex ze-912 195/55-R16 tires. Very pleased so far (except for my TPMS light, but that's another story). Running 42 psi front, 40 rear. I've noticed no drop in mileage from the 185/65-R15 stock tires that were previously mounted. The Falken's are quiet and impart excellent road feel. I found no issues on wet roads.

All things considered, I'd buy them again in a heartbeat.

In addition to misslexi's positive review, it seems to me that the Falken Ziex ze-912 has three big plusses:

(1) its predecessor or cousin, the ze-512, was extremely well reviewed (e.g., it was among the top rated by Consumer Reports of performance all season tires),

(2) it comes in the Touring OEM 195/55/16 size, so there should be little or no speedo/odo error, and

(3) it's cheap ... about $75 in the Touring OEM size.

EDIT: I believe misslexi paid $75. But online at 1010Tires.com they are $92. Still cheap (e.g., the OEM Bridgestone Turenzas cost more).