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Bridgestone Turanza at 90k

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by yeldogt, Nov 5, 2014.

  1. yeldogt

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    Well ........ actually 93K .. I will have the Prius V 3 years next January .. we passed 93K and the original 17" Bridgestone's still have tread above the wear indicators.

    Looking through the threads on tires ... the V with the 17's are not mentioned much. The Turanza EL-400's have obviously been good .. I get almost 60 mpg in the summer .. so do I just replace them?

    Tirerack has them for $173.00 each.

    Any others with different 17's?

    Other then normal oil/ filters ... nothing has been done to the car. I did replace a bulb!
     
    #1 yeldogt, Nov 5, 2014
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    Holy crap. My Toyo Proxes A20s are at 3/32nds at about 45k. I dont think they will make it past 50k. I plan on going with Bridgestone Ecopia EP422s in the 17 inch size.
     
    #2 Jonny Zero, Nov 6, 2014
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    Car has been given a workout -- lots of highway miles. I have been happy with the Bridgestone's -- predictable tire. I was surprised with the 280 tread wear rating on them. Toyota does not install LLR tires on the Prius with 17's ... not sure why? Other then a test drive I have never driven the standard Prius with smaller wheels ... so I can't compare the ride or the handling/ grip with LLR tires that some have. The Bridgestone Turanza EL 400-02 don't get the greatest rating on Tirerack .. and the OE Toyo's are quite a bit more money.

    My fear with the LLR tires: They all get a bad rating is the wet weather. We get a lot of rain in the Mid - Atlantic. I don't want to risk any wet traction loss. We regularly got mid 50's MPG on the tires and one member get above 60mpg -- so no problem with no LLR's on this Prius.

    The Kumho Ecsta is less then a $100.00 and gets very good ratings
     
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    If you value wet traction, you probably want Michelin Primacy MXM4.
     
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    What kind of tire pressure did you run in the EL-400s?

    Generally, highway miles are easier than city miles on tires. My work has a couple of security Priuses to patrol the parking lots and from what I am told the tires are shot in 20K crawling around at 20MPH!
     
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    ...don't push it...we just had a fender bender on wet slick roads the day before our new Tire Rack tires were scheduled to be mounted. I did not think the tread was that bad, was just trying to beat winter. OK we got the TrueContacts on there now.
     
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    I used the recommended pressure per manual with the Bridgestone's... nothing special. Rotated with each oil change -- 10K

    After some more looking and a call to Tirerack -- picked the Michelin Premier AS SL . $635 delivered and a $70 rebate. They have a good rating in the rain and are the newest design.
     
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    Please keep us posted on the MPG. I have looked hard at those but am afraid to take a big MPG hit.
     
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    i hope they work out as well as the turanza's, never heard of anything like that before.(y)
     
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    Got them installed .. they are new .. so I expected they would be quieter .. they are. So time will tell ... They have a higher tread life rating and also more of a LRR tire than the Bridgestone .
     
    #10 yeldogt, Nov 19, 2014
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