Tires for '03 Mountaineer

Jun 16, 2004 5 Replies

The Goodrich tires that came with my '03 Mountaineer will be gone soon as the vehicle approaches 30,000 miles. That's not bad here in the up and down, stop and go hills of Pittsburgh, but not great either.


I am curious about the Michelin model tires. Seems to me that there are different models of Michelin tires. I had some from NTB on my old '99 Explorer and they still have tread at almost 50,000 miles (I sold it to a friend). What are the Michelin choices for THIS vehicle...NTB says the tire I had for my old Explorer is not made in the 17 inch size for this vehicle. Or should I just buy 3 more Goodrich tires (plus the "free" spare) for about $300 versus probably double that for 4 Michelin.


I noticed that some (but not all) of the new '04 Mountaineers have Michelin Cross-Terrain tires. A friend bot some other Michelin make for his Mercedes SUV. Help me understand the choices.


The Michelin LTX-MS, Cross Terrain & AT are built on the same carcass, going from quiet street tread to quasi-off road tread. My new GM has the Cross Terrain & I like them, I had the -MS tires on my '94 & liked them too. I too got well over 50K on the Michelins.

Mike

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NOTHING lasts 70,000 in Pittsburgh.

I disagree! A lot depends on how you drive, road conditions, if you maintain your air pressures, tire rotations and wheel alignment. Also from Pittsburgh, got 50k with Dunlop Radial Rover AT on the old Ford Bronco. With the 98 Explorer Sport, I only have 25k on the Michelin LTX M/S, and the tires look like they have hardly any wear! Of course, I have an alignment done every 6k, rotation every 5k. First 30k I only had like 2 alignments done, but that was the Parkway North, Route 28 though is terrible.

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