enough with the Bridgestone Turanza EL400

so i put the summer tires back on. Seems to average having flats then bringing them to the tire shop to plug them about 5 times and sometimes they can't fix them so the average for having to buy new ones is about 3 tires per summer. Its not that the tires are getting worn out, its that there's no tread thickness so they just get flats all the time from objects. Last fall they said the plug wouldnt hold but i didnt have to add air till i got the winter tires. Changing them, 3 were ok but one was low and it held the air for a couple days. So i bring it in, i'm there, do they have any other kinds. He's checking, says.. oh that 16 inch is an oddball size. I'm tell him, there's got to be something else like an all season, because these low rolling resistance tires suck, bad.

Like last night i was at this 7/11 and pull up, a cabbie sitting there waiting for calls and i look at his tires as i'm getting out and wow i thought mine were bald. They just come like that new though but his were worn bad. I get to the other side, he's got the lousy yellow spare on. hahaha.. that other one's about to go real soon and he's gonna be screwed.

But yeah.. so back to the tire store.. i ask.. what else ya got in that oddball size.. he says.. oh not that much. There's a hankook h105 ventus v4 es. i say, well, lets try that. When i get called in that the tire's ready i was thinking, wow that's much better, thicker normal type tread but it still kinda seems smooth like it'd roll ok. Those winter tires were pretty bad with the rolling but thats mainly the studs. So i got the tire and paid 175.. i think those lousy turanza's were 217. Can't wait till those other ones go flat so i can phase them out.

I noticed going around with the summer tires compared to the winter ones, the gas goes down pretty much the same. Although i stop at a bunch of places during the night so maybe if you were coasting more or who knows what, maybe on the highway it'd make a difference.. but for what i'm doing, I will NOT miss those FAIL turanza's. What a HASSLE.. I was looking at them and they're still really new cause i kept having to buy new ones because of the ongoing flats, not because they were worn out. And then i'm picturing how thick the treads are, they're about 3-4milimeter, new. These other ones are about 1 centimeter... thats like 10 milimeters. Betcha i'll get less flats.

Anybody else have problems with lotsa flats on these terrible tires? FAIL. hahaha. Low rolling resistance is lovely and all but talk about causing a lot of problems. All winter i didnt get one flat.

 

Last week, had a nail in one of those turanza's. Was able to plug it. This, after having to buy a new one just a couple weeks ago. Its probably from going down back alleys where they lift the trash bins.