Opinions/experience on new tires?

Hi. i want to get new tires for my 2007 Prius. i bought the car pre-owned in 2009 with 28,000 miles on it in great shape, the only thing it needed was new tires and i was a PriusChat member, Generation 2 was tbe newest Prius at the time still and there was a lot of discussion and a lot of information about different peoples' tire recommendations. i live in the Los Angeles area, no snow, no ice. Sometiems a lot of rain. i chose Goodyear Triple Tred All Weather tires. i loved those tires, they really held the road, great traction and they were exactly what i needed. I drove a lot for my job, putting in for mileage every month. I drove in a lot of conditions, in the city and far to adjacent counties. The tires were perfect.

in 2012, i needed new tires because of tread wear. i didn't have the money then that i had in 2009 and i was in a hurry to get the tires, needing to drive far to my daughter's wedding, so i went to the same place i got the first tires, Discount Tires, and i got a kind that i don't know the brand of, i have the receipt here, it says HANK surrounded on both sides by numbers. i have always been very unhappy with those tires because they don't seem to hold air, i've had them checked there's no leaks, but the tires are squishy and they skid and don't hold the road at all. Today i pulled out of a driveway at CVS to turn right onto a busy street and there was a tiny shallow bit of water in the gutter along the edge of the drive way, and the car slid around as i tried to accelerate to get into the flow of traffic and make the turn, it slid sideways, and the tires spun before grabbing the road, that is normal, the car does that every day, water or no water . Putting air in them doesn't seem to help. i rarely had to put air in my first tires.

I am now in a position to get new tires, i'm retired since 2013, i drive very little, my car only has about 76,000 miles on it now, but even though i don't drive much, i want the same kind of tires that i loved and never had problems with, the Goodyear Tripletred.

I read that they are discontinued ,but they are for sale all around, they're available, at local stores and on Amazon, etc. Same price they used to be, a little more.

If those tires are discontinued and have been discontinued for a while, could that mean that they would be new old stock? is so, could that mean that the rubber might be getting old from sitting in warebouses? would the quality be the same as when i got them in 2009?

Are there any other tires that are high quality for the weather i live in which hold the road as good as it gets? Never slide around or squish?

thanks

 

Thanks MickyMatter, that's useful information which i need. Grip is my priority. i won't find those TripleTreds in 6 months or less. i text chatted on goodyear site and am told they discontinued them about 2 years ago. sad. So, if i found some manufactured two years ago, would that mean that the rubber is getting harder already, from sitting around?

 

Thanks Usle -- i'm checking those out. i found some online that are at a close local store, American Tire Depot, i went in there several months ago to see if they had the TripleTred, they would order them, it would take a day. i didn't know they were discontinued then. The Michelin Defenders they advertised are listed as 185/65-15. What difference does that make? size? Fit? They are selling them for about $107, buy 3 get 1 free.

This and the current Goodyear Assurance versions on threir website are a little less money than the TripleTreds were when i got them. What does lower price mean? what is the benefit in spending more? How would the Defenders and the Premiers be compared? Premiers cost about what my TripleTreds cost, a little less, the TripleTreds were $129 at Discount Tires.

The Defenders in this ad, as i said, are 185 instread of 195, and it says 80K warranty instead of 90K. Are those different tires?

Below the Defenders are the Premier which are $120, same size, 60K warranty. What are the differences in the tires, why someone would want one rather than the other?

i want as good of traction as the TripleTreds. it's a radial tire. Are all of these radials?

How do you trickle charge your 12V battery one night a month? i just googled it, it's something you can buy?

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