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New Tires Before A Road Trip - 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Long-Term Road Test
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New Tires Before A Road Trip - 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Long-Term Road Test
Although it wasn't part of our How To Do a Burnout video, our long-term 2014 Ram 1500 still needs some new tires.
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for example, i just randomly went on tirerack.com and chose the 2012 camry 4cy LE. OE tire is Firestone Affinity Touring.
rated 2.5 out of 5.
try it.
as to performance, I think that depends. are we talking ultimate grip, wet performance, ride quality, fuel efficiency, snow traction???
tirerack.com sums up the issue well in this article:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=22
It's not a fast read so their main point is this:
"Each vehicle manufacturer prioritizes the areas that they feel are of greatest benefit to help their vehicles satisfy their drivers. For example, a vehicle manufacturer that offers a line of fuel-efficient vehicles may be able to place more emphasis on traction and less emphasis on lowering rolling resistance than a vehicle manufacturer that builds a line of larger, less fuel-efficient cars."
i actually do think that the quiet (vast) majority are happy with the tires; probably because they put so little thought into them. they will either replace them with the same or like those in my family go with the cheapest, longest lasting.
in doing my research for replacement tires i have often found that higher rated (on tirerack) tires cost less money. e.g. the continental extreme contact dws that we use on my wife's e90 is relatively inexpensive. their newest version that came out this year is even less expensive. btw, i would be really disappointed to have the tires on my truck be more or less shot at 36k miles. if they were all terrain tires i could understand but these are highway tires; and not considered high performance by any measure.
Real LT tires with another quarter inch of tread have about twice as much material to wear away.
You only need to run 60-80 PSI and beat your kidneys out if you're loading to the 3200-3500 pound tire maximum. Follow the inflation tables for the reduced load in a light duty application and you'll typically run in the 40-45 PSI range where they ride just fine.