Re: Tires for 01 Outback Wagon

Edward Hayes · 2003-08-15T18:20:27+00:00

I have used Yokohama AVID touring on my Forester with great results. I nowhave Michelin Xones which are excellent also but, at a cost of ~2x. Myoriginal Geolanders had a tread ware rating of 180 and I got about 20,000miles of service. The AVID touring had a tread wear rating of 360? and I got! 38,000 mi service. My Xone have a wear rating of 700 and I expect to see~70,000 miles of service. The Yokohamas are quit and provided excellentwet/dry drivability. The Michelin Xone are equally as good but, will hum onsmoothes roads but, not annoying. I live in FL so won't comment about snowdriving but, tirerack will give you that information. Ed

Aug 15, 2003 3 Replies

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Edward Hayes 22 years ago

I need to replace my 2001 4 cyl Outback Wagon Tires again. The original

> Firestones were poor. My 1st replacements, Dunlop A2's improved driving
> performance but only lasted ~ 22K miles just like the Firestones. Based on
> Tire Rack browsing I'm considering the Yokohama Avid Touring tires which
> seem excellent from a value/performance standpoint other than some
> complaints about high speed wobbling. I'm looking for a tire that will last
> longer than 22K miles and still perform well in the Northeast (snow). Any
> comments or recommendations would be appreciated.
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Greg 22 years ago

My original X series Michelin tires on a 98 Outback lasted 60K. Replaced with Avid's which lasted 35K. Now have Michelin Symmetry at twice the Avid price and only expecting 45 to 50K.

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ct 22 years ago

I put Avids on my '98OBW this spring for summer tires. They are really bad in the snow, had 'em on my GTI before I got the sube. Avids are really good summer tires, good value, but I'm planning on snow tires come winter.

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ed 22 years ago

Have a set of these, defenitely not great in winter, but good in summer. The wide rubber ring in the middle does tend to follow tar repair strips or cracks in the road, but this is a minor problem. One tire developed a bump on the tread at 50,000 km (30,000 mi) and was replace under warranty, but then got me into the "same circumference on all 4 wheels" debate, ended up replacing the opposite tire as well, and inflating the 2 new tires slightly less (-1 lb) and the older ones slightly more (+1 lb) to get them to about the same diameter when rolling. At 50,000 km, the 2 original tires have about 40% tread left, so about 80,000 km life span (48,000 mi). Ed

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