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model. Is there any answer to this or do we
need to live with it? Are the change in tires for
this year's model the reason?
You put the same tire on a Toyota Camry or Subaru Legacy and you don't hear tire noise. Both are better insulated from road and tire noise. The reason I am bringing this up is that I have friends that have Michelin tires MXV4 tires on their respective cars and there isn't any tire noise.
I recently replaced my horribly noisy (and poor handling to boot) OEM Firestones on my 2000 Civic with a set of Pirelli's. The road noise is appreciably less with the new tires. However, i've also noticed a 1-2 mpg decrease in mileage. oh well...can't have everything i guess.
Yeah I drove for 11 hours a couple of days ago and freshly grooved concrete roads and some new ones are a PITA in a honda.
What you're refering to might not be related to the water pump, but it might be worth looking in to.
Good luck.
The NHSTA is the place to log your consumer complaints. It also provides a listing of potential problems.
I guess I'm thinking that a lot of tire shops wouldn't be happy about installing tires that were bought on the cheap over the internet?
Oh, I know they will charge for mounting and balancing, but still, it just seems to me that most shops wouldn't like it.
Do they have places they work with?
The guys at the local store sold me on X-One's over MXV4's when I had to quickly replace the original tires on my 97 accord-was really pleased with that suggestion. Now the same guy just put a set of Turanza's on his father's car and recommends them over either X-One's and MXV4+. Too bad most of the 03 accords I have seen still have that crappy MXV4 tire on them.
Isell is frothing
Regarding service centers to do the install, this was not a problem either. I priced mount, balance, stems and rotation/balance/alignment 3 year contract with shops before discussing the tires. I then ask if I source, do they want that business. All wanted it. I gave them the opportunity to win the tire portion of the business too for the same price, but they couldn't match it, even with a lesser rated tire. Plus, the Yoko's were the best rated tire for my wife's van, which no one else carried. So, like Labboss, I saved $100, got a better product than the shops carried and had the tires delivered to my home the same day I schedule the shop for the mounting.
Works well.
I replaced the lousy (truly awful) Michelin MX4s on my Accord with Continentals last year. They're OK; nothing special, but they sure do wear much better than the old tires. I had heard good things about the X-One and was prepared to replace the (again, lousy) MX4s that up until yesterday darkened the wheel wells of my '89 Volvo 740. The guy sold me on the Bridgestone Turanza LS-H, which was both less expensive and (from what I've read in many places since) a superior tire. So far they seem to be doing well, but it's only been 24 hours. I can already say that wet performance is better; if the weatherman is right, I can report back about snow performance in about 48 hours.
PS. I've gotten good prices and service from my local Tires Plus franchise. Since when did Sears become the most expensive place to get tires? I think a little crack-smoking is going on in the pricing department over there.
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I believe the Tire Rack is "hawking" the Bridgestone tires as the salesman receives more commission selling those tires. Bridgestone tires are not a quality tire in the same class as Michelin, Pirelli, or Dunlop.
The big advantage to Tire Rack is that you can just about any type of tire you want from them. Whereas, if you go to Pep Boys or Wal-Mart or Sears, they only carry certain brands, which means you have to go hunting around sometimes if you're looking for a specific tire.
Read carefully. I bought locally. I won't do business with the Tire Rack again (though they do have a pretty neat website; I'll give 'em that.) Gee, now I regret missing out on the "Sharp new sidewall design." :-P
"Bridgestone tires are not a quality tire in the same class as Michelin, Pirelli, or Dunlop."
Yup. Schumacher and Barrichello are running around on off-brand tires. :-P
:-)
Like I said, I was willing to give Michelins another shot, but the Turanzas came highly recommended. I'll keep you posted.
I was just thinking that many (most) shops are reluctant to install parts customers bring in.
Bring a Pep Boys water pump into your local repair shop and you'll see they won't be too happy. If they do install it, they will probably charge additional labor and they will make sure you know there is no warranty for their labor.
I was only wondering if Tire Rack had pre arranged shops set up that will do their installs.
And it sounds like they do...thanks!
my bf purchased his falken azenis from vulcantire.com (a shop based in PA) and found really good prices and shipping with them. then he just got them put on at a tires plus locally. no problem. they still made their $80 to mount the tires.
just my $.02...
Comparing racing tires especially designed for Formula I racing cars and everyday tires is a little inane isn't?