Need new Tire ideas with specs.

Bill1234

Bill1234

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Hey everybody,I have a car that needs new tires. The tread is worn and the sides have small cracks and I do not really know what is the best tire manufacturer. I have michelin right now, but the problem is that they do not make the tire that came with the factory specs, so I want to know what would be a good tire to replace the ones I have. Here are the specs I will need to find a tire for.I want to purchase all season tires that are worth the money and have good quality and a quiet ride.

215 55 r16
3.0l
quattro awd
a6
 
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You'll benefit most from a couple of things:

1: Check out forums dedicated to your specific vehicle. See what those guys are putting on their cars and how they like them.

2: Dedicated tire sites such as Discounttire.com, tirerack.com, etc. There you will find reviews of almost every tire they have available, and you can search based on price, tire size, speed ratings, treadwear, etc.


What tires may be great on a compact car might be terrible on a full sized sedan.

With that said, I've personally had good luck with Falken tires. I've had them on an SVT Contour, a Lincoln LS, and my current Mazda 6 and I haven't had any real complaints with them. I think you'll benefit, though, from my two suggestions above. Good luck!
 
So far I have heard great reviews about these:

Goodyear Assurance Triple Tread
Kumho Ecota 4x
Goodyear Assurance comfortread
Michelin Primacy mxv4


Im looking for a good tire to get max fuel economy and power without compromise. I just got the oil changed with quaker state and I want a tire that is all season that can increase fuel economy
 
I have 28 years with the largest independent tire dealer in the country. It depends mostly on what you want out of the tire...how you drive the car...road conditions...how long you plan on keeping it. The Primacy MXV4 is an excellent tire. Yokohama is also an excellent tire. Handling, ride quality, traction are pretty similar to the Michelins they don't last quite as long but usually save you quite a bit of money.
 
What part of the country do you live in Bill??
 
The other option would be to replace tires and wheels. Give the car a new look and get better traction and handling. The optional package that came on the car was a 17 inch wheel and 235/45R17's.
 
I used to work for Goodyear. We sold a lot of the Comfortred Touring's and people loved them. Extremely smooth and quiet tire with good life. The original Tripletred was so so, prematurely wear and got noisy. The new Tripletred all season is supposed to be better, but we never sold many of them down here in Florida.
 
I live in CT, The car is not that old,and has very low mileage at about 23,000 The current setup has michelins on, but they are worn and cracked on the side. I think that I want to just go for a new set of 4 tires. The problem is increasing fuel economy. Right now I have poor fuel economy due to bad traction and tire air pressure. I think im going to go for the michelins becuase I am going to keep the car for much longer. I also want to have something that lasts a long time.
 
Good choice. Alignment will also have an effect on the fuel mileage and tire wear. It would be a good idea to have that checked after get the new tires put on.
 
I put on Continental DWS last October and would get another set when they wear out...which hopefully won't be for another few years.
 
Agree with the Continental DWS. That's what I'm putting on my Camaro next...not available in his size though.
 
This is real easy, Continental DWS......read em' and weep all other tire mfg's! Now this isn't the deciding factor but you first look at the tire you know its special, then you check out the tread pattern, it does EVERYTHING well, is "Z" speed rated, so goes hand in hand on a Euro car for sure, has a good treadwear number and both "A" in temp and traction. I also like the fact that the tire has a smooth sidewall too, no stupid "ribbed pattern" going around the sidewall. You read the reviews on this tire and you'll see. An honest 30-35k is what you should expect out of this tire with proper rotations and a good alignment but it also depends upon how you drive the car and temps out, hotter weather will wear anything down earlier, just the way it is but I know this, THE DWS IS A GREAT TIRE:dblthumb2:
 
The thing is, is that I put the spare on when one went out and I think I bought the mxv4 from michelin. So I think I will just put 4 more on with town fair and then get new alignment and try to get better fuel economy. Right now it says 11, I will try and see what is wrong. I mostly bet that all the littel cracks and crevices in the tire are letting out a Hugggeeeee amount of air. I will also try and see if internals are wrong such as clogged sections or dirty pieces.
 
Your getting 11 mpg?? The little cracks on the sidewall will usually not leak air. The inner liner is actually air tight part of a tire. While low air pressure will definitely affect fuel economy it won't have that much of an effect. Now if the alignment is way out it will as the car is actually kind of dragging the tire down the road. Is the car running ok?? I would do tires, alignment, maybe run some Chevron techroline fuel system cleaner through it...if those three things don't help I would talk to a mechanic.
 
Bill1234 said:
The thing is, is that I put the spare on when one went out and I think I bought the mxv4 from michelin. So I think I will just put 4 more on with town fair and then get new alignment and try to get better fuel economy. Right now it says 11, I will try and see what is wrong. I mostly bet that all the littel cracks and crevices in the tire are letting out a Hugggeeeee amount of air. I will also try and see if internals are wrong such as clogged sections or dirty pieces.
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Is your information coming from the onboard computer?? Is so you could be checking it at the wrong time. If I reset mine then check it soon afterwards while setting in traffic I'm getting below 10. After driving for more than 10-20 minutes without stops it will give a accurate reading of 18.5.


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Also you do need to get that spare off ASAP. If there is much tread depth difference in the tires on that car bad things can happen. If the mileage dropped when you put the spare on you may be putting a lot of torque on the drive train. This can cause serious damage.
If you were happy with the Michelins before you should like the new ones better. For a very comfortable ride, good handling, and traction they are one of the best.
 
There is no spare on right now, I have on 4 old michelin mxm4 tires and the spare is the new and improved mxv4 tire. The computer says 11 and the mpg for the car when it was new was 17/25 with a 6 speed automatic and around 300 hp
 
I might go to the audi service centers and ask why it is getting so low mpg, nothing is broken in the engine and the only thing that I could think of is dirty spark plugs or alignment
 
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