Directional Tires Wrong Direction From Factory!

That is funny!

 

More true than funny but I know what the OP means, I kept mine on for a year and a half. First winter they sucked in the snow. Lucky we did not get a lot that year. Next winter the Hankook Dynapro ATMs were put on. Night and day difference.

 

I know that expensive equipment is popular around here, does anyone have a suggestion for reasonably priced all season tires for 98% on road driving?

 

I suppose that depends on what you mean by "reasonably priced". The thing is, sometimes a more expensive tire is **more economical**, since it may last longer.

The factory dunlop at20's lasted me about 40,000 km. Tirerack has them for <$100 US each.

I replaced them with some goodyear tires, forget the model, which they don't make any more -- closest match (the replacement of the replacement) is currently called "trailrunner at", in LOAD RANGE E (which have deeper treads than the "C"), and have put roughly 100,000 km on those ones, and they're not yet HALF worn. Tirerack has those priced at $175 each, so almost twice as expensive, but last more than 4 times as long.

 

I'm down with that logic. I will certainly be replacing them if I start sliding into intersections haha.

 

This thread brightened my day - not laughing at you, just with you, you took it well!

 

Hankooks and Coopers are reasonably priced tires. Most people say these tires do well in the snow. Just make sure the place you have them mounted has the right adapters to balance Toyota wheels.

 

I balanced my tires myself with a $50 bubble balancer, reusing the weights from the original tires... they don't shake at all. Individual experiences may vary, but I find these big wheels tend to be fairly insensitive to balancing accuracy.

 

aaaaah forum life, its like its 1998 all over again and im on honda tech!

 

Errr...

 

That's why I got rid of mine.