Any suggestions for replacing the Pirilli 6000s on our V70 2.4 - or are the Pirellis the best? Prefer strong tyres that will stand up to the many speed humps we have in our area, and also low noise on highway.
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i am getting ready to do all 4 on my 00 s89t6...looking at discount tyre, micheilns (sp?), pirells, goodyear, yokahama, and toyo's......Boy, I only got 30k miles out of this last set of micheiln's x series...the yokahama (sp?) have the best miliage rating (60k miles)....but, the shop trying to put me on a set of toyo's (for the best price)....tells me the yokahama's are a very "hard" tyre, and not that great in the snow.....i have always used micheilns but, i am not sure i want to pay almost twice as much $$ for them today....i am not sure about road noise on any of these...
has some nice ratings and chat boards on tyres, you might try them for evualations on road noise, etc...i doubt you can go wrong w/either pirellis or micheiln's...they are both the most expensive and highly rated tyres out there...i am told by most everyone you get what you pay for w/tyres...are you on 16 or 17" wheels?.....That is a whole nother conversation.....
cheers !!!! Let us all know what you go with, I will do the same...
~^ beancounter ~^ wrote: are you are you on 16 or 17" wheels?
16 inch - 215/55/16/W - I'm in the UK. I've just spent a bit of time looking at this and the best choices seem to be, if you don't want Pirelli or Michelin:mid-range - Hankook Ventus Prime - found a place offering £10 ($20) off these. mid/premium - Vredestein Sportrak 3 premium ? Continental Premium Contact 2
The UK Volvo Club people like Goodyear Eagle F1s and don't like Pirellis.
I just installed Kumho Ecsta ASX 235/45/17 tires(tyres) on my V70 2.4T. Per reviews they ought to provide decent treadwear and good dry/wet handling (it is dry most of the year where I live, rains occasionally, snows once every 5 years).
As I'm coming from an SUV that drove abominably the comfort/road noise items weren't at issue - anything except perhaps another SUV would be an improvement.
I too have been shopping for tires. I'm leaning toward to yokahama avid. I've owned several sets of Cooper Lifeliner & was most impressed with their ride and handling, but their "public" ratings seem on fair.
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