Out of all of those, I would be okay with Goodyear assurance fuel max
You said the tread measurement was at 4 and asked if you “have time till reaching tread of 2”
If you mean 4/32" tread depth . . . no, you do not have time in my opinion
Your current tires are done for and you should be shopping for new tires now
What the hell do you mean “do we have a case against General Exclaim”?
Tires available for N. American market are manufactured in Canada, owned by a Chinese company.
My last comment on this thread!
Thanks all for helping me - I went to TirerRack but was lost - link might help. Here are CR findings for best all season tires:
ALL SEASON TIRES
Michelin Defender T+H 67(score) 85k
General Altimax RT43 66 70k
Continental TrueContact Tour 63 70k
Hankook Kinergy PT 63 85k
BFGoodrich Advantage Control All Season 62 55k
Firestone All Season 61 85k
General is neck to neck with Mich with $50 cheaper
Just curious, since Cons Reports puts the M-Defender at the top, why isn’t it on your short list above?
When i was young, I paid handsomely for these best products. Realized 2nd or 3rd best is as good. I am not going to do 85k on those tires. If I were FT Uber driver, would get it. Its $50 more a piece for extra 15k.
General Altimax RT43 or
BFGoodrich Advantage Control are my choices.
I liked the first set of General Altimax RT43 I put on my Chrysler van, and bought another set of them when it was time to replace tires. First set was made in Czech Republic, second in USA.
Keep in mind not every tire is made in every size - so specify your size early in the process at, say, tirerack.com.
When you went to tirerack, did you put in your vehicle information then tap what you wanted in a tire?
For me, just came up with three choices.
Driving around 3000 miles per year, I would consider lower cost (but not cheap) tires that meet your needs. Tires age, should be replaced 6-10 years no matter how much tread is left. I would not go more than six years.
Do you need your Mazda? Maybe reduce the number of cars you own and drive.
I opened a new tab and clicked on the “decision guide”. It gave me top 3 choices. GoodYear gives $150 off if you apply their CC!
My partner goes to work with the Mazda 5 day a week which is 6 miles away. Lately we have a new requirement of driving 80x2 mile trip at least once/twice a month - I might use my car. We don’t have a spare car.
I could ask for the lowest price and get it out the door on BFGoodrich Advantage Control for about $486 out the door pretty much anytime. General Altimax RT43 shows as discontinued.
Tirerack has closeout deal and MIRs - The Goodyear WeatherReady (scores 65 on CR, a tard below General) comes to about $453 or $464. Two MIRs. These MIRs ends by end of this month. I need to apply for the CC too.
Any reason to go with GoodYear other than discount?
Looks like the RT45 has replaced the RT43 in General’s line.
I bought 4 General Altimax RT43s for our previous van and they performed well. We haven’t needed tires for the newer van yet.
I would love to get them but unfort, it as listed as discontinued at America’s Tire.
They were probably discontinued because they had very weak sidewalls and were prone to belt shifts and sidewall bubbles. I had bought the RT43’s for a minivan and my daughter’s car which had lower profile tires. while it was not bad on the minivan, on her car 3 out of 4 tires had gotten a belt shift and bubble. one tire only had 100 miles on it, but that was probably caused by a pothole she said she could not avoid.
You can get them at Tire Rack and have them delivered to the shop of your choice. That’s what I do. Another possibility is to go with the new version, the RT45.
Just remember that online tires still have to be installed by a local shop that will charge you for the installation… So keep that in mind when figuring the total out the door prices…
Plus most shops that sell tires offer free rotations for the life of the tire, but may charge for online tires, that can add to the cost when figuring in rotating them every 3 to 5 thousand miles… remember that with online tires you are taking your own food to a restaurant and asking them to cook your food for you… lol
I have sometimes bought from tirerack, and always do research on their site. But more often a local dealer gets my business because their overall deal is a good value for me.
All of which partially summarizes my reason for buying my tires at Costco. In addition to their usually-competitive prices, they run periodic “specials” during which time they give nice rebates/price reductions on tires. Currently, the special is in regard to Michelins, but they alternate their specials with Bridgestones.
Then, when you factor-in their 5 year road hazard warranty and free rotations and balancing, I think that it is pretty difficult to beat the value there.
How much is the value of 5 yr Rd Hazard warranty in retail - $30/tire?
Tire Rack includes this at no charge, values at $64. I didn’t note this when I got the price adj at a local store.
Costco nowadays doesn’t charge for install - ie $22/tire saving.
From a price point of view, America’s tire seems cheaper - they will match prices. One mgr refused to compensate for GY rebate. I went to another store, he came up with a random math and matched the out the door price.
TireRack math includes all the details, install on our dime etc. Thanks to @Purebred for keep pushing me! This is the 1st time I matched with TireRack, After using Michelin, I been going for cheap tires on my Acura! Got the Good Year WeatherReady.