Tires
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Tires
I'm also ready to change out my original GoodYear RF with 14,000 miles on them for the Michelin tires, Costco quoted me $1049 for the Michelin Pilot Sports A/S 3+ and for the same in run flats model for $1,316, not sure which I want to go, not much of a difference, I was wondering if anyone has the Michelin run flats and if they are a quit tire, hate my GY's.
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '15
Tires is probably the topic with the most threads by far. So search and you'll find lots of opinions.
I am on the "I hate run-flats" boat. More expensive, louder than the non-RF counterpart, and the ride is less comfortable due to the stiffer sidewall.
Michelin is popular. They have some of the best life expectancy and performance is top tier for a street tire with a reasonable price to boot. The Pilot Sport 4S is the latest and greatest model, with the previous model being the Pilot Super Sport...same line...really good.
Hope this helps.
I am on the "I hate run-flats" boat. More expensive, louder than the non-RF counterpart, and the ride is less comfortable due to the stiffer sidewall.
Michelin is popular. They have some of the best life expectancy and performance is top tier for a street tire with a reasonable price to boot. The Pilot Sport 4S is the latest and greatest model, with the previous model being the Pilot Super Sport...same line...really good.
Hope this helps.
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I'm also ready to change out my original GoodYear RF with 14,000 miles on them for the Michelin tires, Costco quoted me $1049 for the Michelin Pilot Sports A/S 3+ and for the same in run flats model for $1,316, not sure which I want to go, not much of a difference, I was wondering if anyone has the Michelin run flats and if they are a quit tire, hate my GY's.
Thanks
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When I bought my car I was one hour into a eleven hour drive home and was wondering, what did I just do. The car rode horribly, the tires were old run flats.
Once home I bought new none run flats. For all the years of being a car guy, cams, headers, rear ends, nothing ever made the same "seat of the pants" improvement as those new tires.
Good Luck with your decision.
Once home I bought new none run flats. For all the years of being a car guy, cams, headers, rear ends, nothing ever made the same "seat of the pants" improvement as those new tires.
Good Luck with your decision.
Drifting
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I'm also ready to change out my original GoodYear RF with 14,000 miles on them for the Michelin tires, Costco quoted me $1049 for the Michelin Pilot Sports A/S 3+ and for the same in run flats model for $1,316, not sure which I want to go, not much of a difference, I was wondering if anyone has the Michelin run flats and if they are a quit tire, hate my GY's.
Thanks
Thanks
I bought my 08 several months ago with about 17K, and the seller had recently replaced the originals RFs due to age. This is the first car that I ever had with them. They had approximately 3K and looked new tread wise. Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus. I think the tire you mentioned replaced these. I've since put over 2K miles on the car, and I'm sold on RFs! The tires are very responsive, quiet, and because of the firm sidewalls add extra protection for your wheels when hitting unavoidable objects and pot holes!
I'm just waiting for the first person to tell me that you're not suppose to hit pot holes
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I bought my 08 several months ago with about 17K, and the seller had recently replaced the originals RFs due to age. This is the first car that I ever had with them. They had approximately 3K and looked new tread wise. Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus. I think the tire you mentioned replaced these. I've since put over 2K miles on the car, and I'm sold on RFs! The tires are very responsive, quiet, and because of the firm sidewalls add extra protection for your wheels when hitting unavoidable objects and pot holes!
I'm just waiting for the first person to tell me that you're not suppose to hit pot holes
I'm just waiting for the first person to tell me that you're not suppose to hit pot holes
I do have to get it aligned soon though. The dealer I bought the car from put the new tires on and did an "alignment." Crap job, as usual.
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I'm also ready to change out my original GoodYear RF with 14,000 miles on them for the Michelin tires, Costco quoted me $1049 for the Michelin Pilot Sports A/S 3+ and for the same in run flats model for $1,316, not sure which I want to go, not much of a difference, I was wondering if anyone has the Michelin run flats and if they are a quit tire, hate my GY's.
Thanks
Thanks
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Careful with the non-run flats
Yo,
I was also thinking of replacing my OE Goodyears with non run flats and bought a tire repair kit and have AAA - but my mechanic and various posts talk about if you have a flat and use the tire repair kit that has the sealant, it will damage if not destroy the tire sensors TPMS - I'm back on the run-flat wagon and will probably go with the Michelin Super Sport RF - good luck !
I was also thinking of replacing my OE Goodyears with non run flats and bought a tire repair kit and have AAA - but my mechanic and various posts talk about if you have a flat and use the tire repair kit that has the sealant, it will damage if not destroy the tire sensors TPMS - I'm back on the run-flat wagon and will probably go with the Michelin Super Sport RF - good luck !
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The case for RFs:
These are just comments I remember reading from other posters in the past, but are something to think about if you have regular tires and a pump/jack/plug kit with you.
What if you get a flat but can't find where the leak is?
How much lower does the car sit with a flat, making everything more difficult, including trying to get a jack under it?
What if it's night time and it's pouring rain?
What if you're on the side of an interstate, with cars and semis whizzing by at 80 MPH, and your flat is on the road side? (this happened to me one afternoon a few years ago with my truck, and it was pretty scary).
Take the above sentence only it is night time and raining?
These are just comments I remember reading from other posters in the past, but are something to think about if you have regular tires and a pump/jack/plug kit with you.
What if you get a flat but can't find where the leak is?
How much lower does the car sit with a flat, making everything more difficult, including trying to get a jack under it?
What if it's night time and it's pouring rain?
What if you're on the side of an interstate, with cars and semis whizzing by at 80 MPH, and your flat is on the road side? (this happened to me one afternoon a few years ago with my truck, and it was pretty scary).
Take the above sentence only it is night time and raining?
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The case for RFs:
These are just comments I remember reading from other posters in the past, but are something to think about if you have regular tires and a pump/jack/plug kit with you.
What if you get a flat but can't find where the leak is?
How much lower does the car sit with a flat, making everything more difficult, including trying to get a jack under it?
What if it's night time and it's pouring rain?
What if you're on the side of an interstate, with cars and semis whizzing by at 80 MPH, and your flat is on the road side? (this happened to me one afternoon a few years ago with my truck, and it was pretty scary).
Take the above sentence only it is night time and raining?
These are just comments I remember reading from other posters in the past, but are something to think about if you have regular tires and a pump/jack/plug kit with you.
What if you get a flat but can't find where the leak is?
How much lower does the car sit with a flat, making everything more difficult, including trying to get a jack under it?
What if it's night time and it's pouring rain?
What if you're on the side of an interstate, with cars and semis whizzing by at 80 MPH, and your flat is on the road side? (this happened to me one afternoon a few years ago with my truck, and it was pretty scary).
Take the above sentence only it is night time and raining?
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So many factors.
Virtually any tire will be quieter and better handling than the GY OEM RFs.
That said, how far do you travel from home? What's your weather typically like? Do you travel to/through sparsely populated areas? How many miles do you put on your Vette? Do you DD it, or is it a weekend "cars and coffee" kind of a car?
Do you know how nerve-wracking it is to tow the car when it's got fully-inflated tires? Imagine one (or more) tire down on the rims, and it will be nearly impossible to pull it up and then off load it w/o having problems.
I can say with certainty (track notwithstanding) that virtually every scenario where someone runs non RFs, there is an equally reasonable and preferable reason to use RFs.
But what do I know? Never been there or done that!
Virtually any tire will be quieter and better handling than the GY OEM RFs.
That said, how far do you travel from home? What's your weather typically like? Do you travel to/through sparsely populated areas? How many miles do you put on your Vette? Do you DD it, or is it a weekend "cars and coffee" kind of a car?
Do you know how nerve-wracking it is to tow the car when it's got fully-inflated tires? Imagine one (or more) tire down on the rims, and it will be nearly impossible to pull it up and then off load it w/o having problems.
I can say with certainty (track notwithstanding) that virtually every scenario where someone runs non RFs, there is an equally reasonable and preferable reason to use RFs.
But what do I know? Never been there or done that!
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So many factors.
Virtually any tire will be quieter and better handling than the GY OEM RFs.
That said, how far do you travel from home? What's your weather typically like? Do you travel to/through sparsely populated areas? How many miles do you put on your Vette? Do you DD it, or is it a weekend "cars and coffee" kind of a car?
Do you know how nerve-wracking it is to tow the car when it's got fully-inflated tires? Imagine one (or more) tire down on the rims, and it will be nearly impossible to pull it up and then off load it w/o having problems.
I can say with certainty (track notwithstanding) that virtually every scenario where someone runs non RFs, there is an equally reasonable and preferable reason to use RFs.
But what do I know? Never been there or done that!
Virtually any tire will be quieter and better handling than the GY OEM RFs.
That said, how far do you travel from home? What's your weather typically like? Do you travel to/through sparsely populated areas? How many miles do you put on your Vette? Do you DD it, or is it a weekend "cars and coffee" kind of a car?
Do you know how nerve-wracking it is to tow the car when it's got fully-inflated tires? Imagine one (or more) tire down on the rims, and it will be nearly impossible to pull it up and then off load it w/o having problems.
I can say with certainty (track notwithstanding) that virtually every scenario where someone runs non RFs, there is an equally reasonable and preferable reason to use RFs.
But what do I know? Never been there or done that!
Post the picture, and you know the one I mean.
Burning Brakes
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Costco
I got the same tires at Costco to replace my Goodyears tires at 25k. My clock reads 63k and I still have the same Michelin.
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