Hi everyone, I know we've beaten this topic to death, but I think I need some opinions. Here's my goal, less road noise and maybe help stop the following the grooves in the roads while sacraficing as little mileage as possible. Now, I know there would be some penalty with any other tire. At 26,000 miles my origonal tires are starting to get weather cracked so I'm going for more of a saftey precaution than anything. So here's the alternative I've found, Goodyear Integrity 175/65/14. This is the smallest size one they make. As discussed before it will actually correct the speedometer. There are two reasons I'm highly considering this tire. A, same tire on the new Prius, which is LRR, not so much as the potenza, but LRR none the less. And secondly the tire used to replace the no longer available tiger paw LRR tire on their electric S10 and when they did so lost no range in the process. So it is about as LRR as the larger truck tiger paw tires made back in the day. One other advantage is the tread wear on the goodyears is about twice that of the bridgestones. I know Willie's running them for his rears and they are wearing at about half the rate of the potenza's he's got on the front.
On the other hand if I stick with the oem I know I'll get the mileage. I've had no problems with the Potenza's, they've never even required a reballancing. My main quirk is the road noise even after doing my sound insulation. I guess I'm curious to see if anyone else has tried the integrity and what sort of results they had as far as road noise and mileage drop.
Price wise the Integrities are slightly cheaper than the Potenza's, though this isn't a top concern of mine. Actually, I was kind of thinking put two on the rear and try it for a few days, then switch em to the front. I guess that way I could get an idea of how they would effect the mileage and somewhat the noise as well.
Any thought? Thanks.
On the other hand if I stick with the oem I know I'll get the mileage. I've had no problems with the Potenza's, they've never even required a reballancing. My main quirk is the road noise even after doing my sound insulation. I guess I'm curious to see if anyone else has tried the integrity and what sort of results they had as far as road noise and mileage drop.
Price wise the Integrities are slightly cheaper than the Potenza's, though this isn't a top concern of mine. Actually, I was kind of thinking put two on the rear and try it for a few days, then switch em to the front. I guess that way I could get an idea of how they would effect the mileage and somewhat the noise as well.
Any thought? Thanks.