New Tires

I predict you'll love the Comfortreds!

 

Hmm, strike two for Consumer Reports. They sure aren't batting a thousand in this neighborhood. I'm happy with the ComfortTreads, hope you will be too.

 

I actually went with the tripletreds (195/60/15). Excellent tire!!!!! Rated # 1 on Tirerack/1010tire/CR. It is better than the Comforttred.

 

I've learned that CR is BS.

So far everything they recommended had a superior competitor.

For example i was looking for an air purifier... they recommended this electrostatic purifier...
They may have checked it for 10 minutes.... cause the effectiveness of those plates decrees very fast ( a week or so) . and its a bitch to clean them.

Any one knows of another magazine that is honest?

CR must get some kick back from companies, how else can you explain their bias?

 

are they any quieter than originals?

 

welcome to the life of owning comforthreads. you'll love them and they last forever too

 

I see they are $116+ on the Goodyear web site. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Brian

 

Walmart has the cheapest price on Comfortreds in my area. Something like $77/ea plus installation (which is also cheaper than other stores). I got my favorite store (Wheel Works) to price match Walmart and I'm a happy camper.

 

I got mine at wheel works too. It's the best place. Unfortunetly i didn't try wal-mart first. I paid that high price. Mine wasn't quite as high though.

 

What pressure are you using? I'm using 40 front, 38 rear and the ride doesn't seem to suffer, but the milage is improved over lower pressures.

 

CR has poor testing methods for example lets go with beer a few years back they rated the "beast" the best beer and any one who has ever had one knows its some pretty bad stuff but because they rated based on sales apperantly 8 million broke students know what tastes best. Or when it comes to consumer electronics they rate it on repair rates well what do you do when a $30 POS VCR breaks? You throw it out, what about a $400 model? You fix it, results POS brokesonic products get rated highly while a hitachi or JVC gets a low rating. Make sure you read how they are making their decisions prior to putting any trust in CR.

There are plenty of sites online where real people review products I trust the person who spent their money on it to give an honest review rather than CR.

 

Well I got my ComforTreds today at Discount Tire and have all of 20 miles on them. In those twenty miles I have definitely noticed a smoother, quiter ride. I am amazed at how different 2 sets of tires can be. They set the pressure at 38/35 which I will check when the tires are cool. I reset the mpg reading and have 54 in very light city traffic. For me this is an improvement as I was averaging 47 highway and city. I'll have a good ride on I-4 on Friday for a real test.

Thanks all for your help,


Brian