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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
If you really need snow capability, get real snow tires. No AS is gong to be close to as good.
we also don't get much snow down here, so it usually isn't a problem.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Plus, Michelin has a $70 rebate now. What is your guys' opinion of the Primacy? I have went back and read thru all of the comments about the Exalto and Turanza.
215/50R17
Thanks.
I drive a winding mountain road from Santa Cruz to San Jose California occasionaly
and they provide excellent traction and handling in both wet and dry conditions.
I was very impressed with the traction they provide and plan on getting another set if I still have the car when these wear out. They are good for 90,000 miles.
See link for comparisons:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=74
The biggest difference was driving on snow and ice which is not an issue where I live but if it is for you the reviews show Primacy over Hydroedge.
:shades:
have been very happy with them. Good handling tires and got 55k on each set.
Bought thru Tire Rack which has also been a very good experience. Agree
with your assesment of the original Michelins.
Any thoughts on how much I can expect to pay for one, thoughts for where I should shop (besides the obvious 2 choices of dealer and junkyard)? The car is pictured below - has the 16" alloys (2006 EX I4).
ANY input is welcome and appreciated, as always.
Thanks in advance,
TheGraduate
I should be getting a replacement wheel for my Odyssey (one of them got smushed a bit it seems, and is very hard to balance), but I haven't ever really looked.
I will guess a new one at the dealer is going to be $500+?
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I've never priced wheels at a junkyard, or elsewhere, and don't have a clue what I should expect to pay.
Thanks,
TheGrad
Mrbill
Found a used one for $229 shipped at everdrive, then found what appears to be a new one, inc. shipping, for $180 from cheaphondaparts.com.
these were for my oddyssey. price varies for the Accord, and I forget if you have an '06 or an '07, and for '06, there are 2 different 16" options.
for $180. I might just pick one up before the next time I go for a rotate and balance!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/
When one of the wheels on my 92 started peeling, I bought a new one, and kept it, for a full size spare.
I'll be in your neighborhood next Saturday Grad, KISS concert.
I checked the site you linked me to elroy, my wheel is $184 with shipping. Not terrible at all considering its new. May print that, take it to my dealer, and see if I can get it there.
I found a page on eBay, with wheels pictured that match my car. They had 429 reviews, 427 positive, 2 neutral, 0 negative. They remanufacture wheels to "above-factory-standards" and have my wheel for $139 before shipping. Of course I can't find the link at the moment though!
Thanks for the continued advice...
Are you planning to keep the damaged wheel as a spare? Need new tires yet?
The dealer has offered to match the price of Majestic Honda - it'll be $184 for the wheel, and they'll mount and balance for $20. Seemed decent to me.
As far as where to eat, it depends on what you like. For meat & two I'd suggest the Paw Paw Patch if you're going to be here on a weekday. Its about 5 minutes from where you're staying. For the weekend, try Niki's. It's about 15 minutes away from you, and has a great cafeteria line (a dozen meats, dozens of veggies to choose from) along with the "off the menu" choices. For barbecue, my first choice is Jim n Nick's, but lots of people in Birmingham would NEVER go anywhere except Dreamland, an Alabama tradition.
If you want to know anything specific, just give me a yell!
Thanks all,
TheGrad
Do what ever you want, but you never know when you will get a flat tire far from home (don't like traveling long distances on a temporary spare). Or, you hit a bad enough pothole to flatten both tires on the same side (happened to me in New Orleans. I had to get a taxi driver to drive me around NO looking for an open tire dealer late one Saturday afternoon). The tire place only had one Michelin MXV4, so I ended up with one replacement, and a temporary spare for the ride home). Unless you really need the trunk space, I'd keep that wheel for a spare.
I might try Niki's cafeteria, but I should have mentioned, I'm a big Steak house guy. Thanks for the tips though. :shades:
My family lives 5 hours away and me and several others (friends, girlfriend, relatives) load up frequently to go to the coast. So, in this case, I'd say I do need the space. I hear your reasoning though - I'm just not ready to drop another $150 on having the new wheel mounted on yet another new tire. Starting a new (better) job next week and will have more $ to play with soon.
Steaks? Well, for the big spender, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and Shula's are good bets. Otherwise, I don't have a lot of "B'ham only" type places to recommend. By your hotel are several good chain restaurants (O'Charley's, Chili's, Lone-Star Steakhouse), and one of Birmingham's original burger/fast-food joints, Milo's. Famous for their Sweet Tea!
It seems some kind of white powdery substance also getting deposited on these marks. The wheels are only four year old though...
If the wheels have been scratched some way, there may not be much you can do. It may also be cheaper to buy a new or used wheel.
All done at my dealer.
I see many cars, even very high end cars with bad curb rash on their rims. One was a newer 7 series BMW. I could only imagine replacing one of those bad boys.
I suppose if you park in tight areas, live in the city, your bound to get some markings.
--Graduate, I truly miss my Accord. How many miles do you have on yours?
I still love the classy look of the previous accord model. Oh, and yes, the engine!!
I have 53k on my 06, with 201,600 on my '96. That old one is delivering 30 MPG on my new commute (30 miles of 70 mph freeway with 5 miles suburban). Love em both, but have a ridiculous attachment to my '96. The first car I had (got it at age 15 with 120k miles or so on it), and it hasn't left me stranded other than because of something the dealer messed up... gotta love it!
Any suggestions?
Would anyone know if the service department would be able to tell if my car has ever had a flat tire by checking the TPMS? I don't know anything about cars but am hoping that the car's computer might keep track of the repair indicators that show up on my dashboard.
Here is my problem....I leased a new '09 honda approx. 18 months ago. I bring my car into the dealership for all of my routine maintenance and have never taken it to an outside shop. My last oil change was approx 5 months ago and everything seemed fine, and they noted on my receipt that the wear on all 4 tires was a 9 out of 10 (which was excellent). Yesterday, I brought it in for another oil change and when I went to pick it up they tried telling me that I needed a new front driver's side tire which is $250. I asked to see what was wrong with it and they showed me that it was now rated a 3 out of 10. I asked how it is possible for one tire to basically fall apart like that, and I was told that it is impossible. The service rep then got a manager who looked at the tires and pulled up my information from the last time I was there and they determined that the tire had been switched, because it has a different serial number than the other 3 tires on my car.
So after them trying to sell me this new tire, I didn't buy it b/c I know for a fact that I have never brought the car to any other shop for repairs, but they are basically saying that it is my word against theirs. So I called Michelin to see if there was any way to track where this new tire was sold, which there isn't but they were very suspicious of the whole situation. They asked me to go back to the dealership tomorrow and have the manager call them with me there, but I then thought of the TPMS, and that is where my question is coming from. I am hoping to prove that I have never even had a flat with the car because the dealership is trying to claim that I must have gotten a flat and put a used tire on to replace it.
Sorry for such a long post, but I would really appreciate any help I can get.
Thanks,
Kristin
Good luck and let us know how it turns out. It sounds like you've got the Michelin guy on your side though.
The tires may have numbers that are close to each other, but they won't have exactly the same numbers. Serial numbers are a "series" of numbers which is unique to each tire.
At this point I'm really hoping that the Michelin Customer Service comes through for me, they seemed really helpful and took all of my info which is hopefully a good sign but I will keep the board posted as to what happens next.
BTW...in case anyone was wondering what dealership I have been dealing with, it's Bay Ridge Honda in Brooklyn, NY
I learned all of this information from the Michelin Customer Service Dept. who were very helpful and also very clear that the tire was definitely switched at some point because brand new cars would all have tires with the same DOT number.
But it basically comes down to my word against theirs, but I know that I have never taken the car to another shop for work and have never even had a flat tire that I would have needed fixed.
not sure what the serial # has to do with it. I would be shocked if the dealer actually recorded the #s when the car was delivered, You would see this if you bought aftermarket (at a tire shop) and got a road hazard warranty. But on new cars? Can't believe it.
and Honda at the factory has a giant supply of tires sitting around. Entirely possible that you got 3 produced at about the same time, and 1 from a different run.
You don't mention the mileage, but I doubt it is very high. Tires have a tread wear warranty on them anyway (through michelin), so if nothing else, you would likely get a decent discount on the new one for that.
That price is also pretty high. You can certainly stop at an authorized michelin shop to have them look at it, and they can also handle any warranty replacement (and likely charge less for the tire to start with).
and there has to be a reason for a tire to wear that abnormally fast. If the alignment is way out, it can do it, That should be checked at the same time.
finally, the 9/10 I dont think is not a scale. It is an actual tread depth mesurement. New, it was 10/32" deep. so at 18 months, barely worn at all. 3/32 is pretty much at the wear bars, meaning time to replace.
that is the only way I have ever seen it presented, so I assume 9/10 means 9 out of the original 10 left. Unless they are doing some funny base 10 scale, but in that case, 3/10 would = ~9/32 anyway!
certainly a good idea to go back to have the dealer call michelin with you, but again, it really is not a dealer issue, it is a tire/michelin/you issue.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
honestly, the only other thing I can think of, as strange as it sounds, is that someone stole your wheel/tire, and replaced it with one that was shot.
the strange part isn't doing it (since you are in NYC!), the strange part is putting the old one on so you would not notice! that, and only doing 1.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Most tire shops have a rack of cast offs that they keep for just such an occasion, or for when someone brings a flat in that can't be patched.
Of course there is always the high likelihood of two Hondas with the same type rims getting tire service at the dealer, and some lackey mixing up part of one set with another while using the tire balancer. It's not unknown for a shop to temporarily borrow a wheel from a new car to troubleshoot something that they are having a hard time fixing - I would hope they would never use a customers wheel for that (and especially neglect to put it back!).
So we went back to Honda and after having a rep from Michelin speak to the Honda manager for over an hour, they were getting no where. Micheline ended up giving us 35% off a new tire just because of the agrivation we were going through, but Honda would do nothing. And on top of it, the Service Manager kept telling my husband that I had to be lying to him about ever getting a flat. Well, that basically ended our conversation with them and realized we weren't getting anywhere.
So it ended up costing us $192 for a new tire that should have never even been taken off in the first place. And the bottom line is that I would never go back to the Bay Ridge Honda Service Center again or even recommend it to anyone!! Our lease is also up in about 18 months and before this happened we were planning to buy a Pilot from the same dealership, but not after this...I would never give this dealership or service center another penny of my money and I would advise anyone that does go there not to just drop their car off for service and then leave because who knows what they are willing to do to the cars there.
Going to the non-speed rated tires allows a softer tire, with the less sharp handling and the longer wear. Of course the lack of the V speed rating means not going over a sustained 112 MPH with the T rated replacements....IIRC the 99 V6 is electronically limited to 140MPH.
Can't really do this with the Gen 8 accord, as I don't think you can get a 50 series tire without the speed rating. It's just too much of a typical performance tire size.
I also plan to ditch the V-rated turanzas that came on my SE, but I will stick with H (130) as a replacement. Will most likely get the Michelin Primacy MXV4 - excellent ratings by CR and extremely low rolling resistance.
Still on my original tires at 91k. That is a little misleading though because I run snows in the winter. Probably have 55k on the OE turanzas - another benefit of high pressure (40psi) is longer tire life. And my tread wear is absolutely even.
The oem bridgestone turanzas on the 99 accord lx-v6 were low on tread by the 40k mark. Since the snow traction was very mediocre, changed them out for the first set of goodyear integrity2 tires (car is on the second set now). Had them as a replacement set on a company turdstar (my nickname for windstar) and they worked well overall, so picked them for the honda. Pep boys had a nice price on them.
Service guy was as amazed as I am how long the tires and brakes are lasting. I love this car.
06 EX-L w/navi I4 manual
Initially I was happy because I got EX wheels which are bigger and look better. I am not happy anymore after reading on the internet. It seems bigger wheels are not necessarily always good an it will have impact on transmission and mileage.
Should I be worried here? Thanks a lot. This is a great website.
mahimminn - going to 17" wheels will use slightly more gas and the ride may be a little harsher, but neither will be by a huge amount. If the outer diameter is the same (and it should be) there won't be any effect on the transmission.