My 2008 Prius Goodyear tires

[WWJD08]

I had my first flat at 1600 miles , these tires are cheap they have a 1 ply side wall and a 3 ply outer. My advice to all of Newbies is to go shortly after you get your car to a Discount tire and pay them for the road hazard warranty! on these new tires. because the first nail in your new tire will cost you $120.00 for one tire so if you want to be ahead of Toyotas CHEAP Goodyear tires SPEND the $60.00 for road hazard and when they repace a tire the new one has a 80k mile rating and is a better tire.
Having read that some of the owners are adding up to 8 more lbs to what the door sticker tells you to put in these CHEAP tires is very scary knowing the rating on these factory tires.
Immediately I put my tires to only 2 more pounds of air and my nice ride came back.

[jdenenberg]

Originally Posted by WWJD08

My advice to all of Newbies is to go shortly after you get your car to a Discount tire and pay them for the road hazard warranty!

Better yet, have the tire dealer take the GYs off and put on a set of good tires. You should try to find Low Rolling Resistance (LRR) tires, but most tire guys will say "huh" to that question. The best I have found were the Michelin MXV4+ (no longer available in our size, but the Primacy MXV4 may be OK) and several of the Nokian (Made in Findland) tire models (The WR and WRg2 are all-weather that are great in snow, the i3 is a summer only tire). I bought my Nokian WRs through:

Nokian Tires - Winter Tires, Snow Tires and much more from the Tire Factory

And had them installed locally as they are not widely available in the US.

I only buy H-rated tires (Higher ratings are probably a waste of money for a Prius) as they are much stronger than S or T rated tires (The Integrity is S-rated). I have 125,00 miles on my 2004 Prius so enjoy your new car.

JeffD

[qbee42]

+1 for the Michelin MXV4+. Get rid of those OEM pieces of junk.

Tom

[bac]

Originally Posted by WWJD08

My advice to all of Newbies is to go shortly after you get your car to a Discount tire and pay them for the road hazard warranty! on these new tires. because the first nail in your new tire will cost you $120.00 for one tire so if you want to be ahead of Toyotas CHEAP Goodyear tires SPEND the $60.00 for road hazard

$120 .... really? Here are the stock tires for $67. They also offer a road hazard program for $32.16 for all 4 tires:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....nSpeedRating=S

Why are all your prices twice as much?

... Brad

[firepa63]

Originally Posted by WWJD08

...because the first nail in your new tire will cost you $120.00 for one tire so if you want to be ahead of Toyotas CHEAP Goodyear tires SPEND the $60.00 for road hazard and when they repace a tire the new one has a 80k mile rating and is a better tire.

120 bucks for a new Integrity??? Where the heck are you getting that price? You can get 2 Integrity tires for $120!

[PA Prius]

I'm on my second set of Integrities and they are doing well at 50/48 psi. 93,000 on the car, although I put snow on in the winter. I may have had one flat since we got the car, but I'm not exactly remembering.

I think Jesus would keep the originals and bump them up to at least the sidewall stated max.

PA P

[nwprius]

There is nothing wrong with the Goodyear Integrity tires. Yes, there are better tires. But the Integrities are very good tires. I have gotten over 45000 miles on three different sets on Prius's and Lexus's with much tread left when replaced. Any tire will go flat with a nail in it. And any tire will wear improperly with bad alignment.

[richard schumacher]

Ditto that. I have seen no data showing that other tires allow better fuel economy. One should at least use up the life of the OEM tires before replacing them.

[qbee42]

Originally Posted by richard schumacher

Ditto that. I have seen no data showing that other tires allow better fuel economy. One should at least use up the life of the OEM tires before replacing them.

The MXV4+ tires are LRR, where the Goodyear tires are not. The LRR tires should give a little better mileage, but it's so close that I can't tell. I know my mileage didn't get any worse when I switched the the MXV4+ tires. I gave my OEM tires away to another Prius owner. They live in a warm dry client, where the deficiencies of the OEM tires are not so much of a handicap.

Tom

[mingoglia]

Originally Posted by qbee42

The MXV4+ tires are LRR, where the Goodyear tires are not. The LRR tires should give a little better mileage, but it's so close that I can't tell. I know my mileage didn't get any worse when I switched the the MXV4+ tires. I gave my OEM tires away to another Prius owner. They live in a warm dry client, where the deficiencies of the OEM tires are not so much of a handicap.

Tom

It's good to hear you haven't lost any mileage with the MXV4+. It seems like everyone that runs anything other than the Integrities lost a bit of mileage... good to hear there's a tire (in your experience) alternative that doesn't affect mileage.

I think you nailed it on your last sentence. I keep seeing threads about how crappy the Integrities are. I've been running the Integrities for the 8 months I've owned my Prius and have never had a problem with them. I've never once said to myself, "if I only had better tires..." At this rate when I need new tires I'm planning on putting Integrities back on. I do live in the Phoenix area though and many from this forum (yourself included) live up North. I'd imagine I'd be singing a different tune if I lived anywhere but the Southern part of the country.

Mike