DOes anyone know anything about tires?

[Allie322]

I need tires for my Honda Odyssey. The most convenient place for me to buy them is at Town Fair Tire but the brand that they recommend is TOYO tires. I've never heard of them. Are they ok or am I better off with a more well known brand such as Michelin, Goodyear, etc?
TIA!

 

[MICKEY88]

I've never heard of them...I'd pass on convenience and go elsewhere for tires...one safe way of getting good tires is to go with whatever the manufacturer put on the vehicle originally..

 

[Bob Slydell]

I work for a company that supplies all the tires to auto dealerships (unfortunately, Honda is not one of the carlines we sell to).

Toyo tires are very good tires -- I would go with the tires recommended by the tire center. They'll know what's best for your vehicle.

 

[MICKEY88]

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[supermom2]

Toyo are very good and generally inexpensive tires. If you have a Cosco or Sam's Club in your area (or any other type of warehouse club), they are by far the best place to get tires. You'll make back the annual due's fee (usually $40) and still save money. They also usually include road hazard and installation into the quoted price.

 

[mickeyboat]

I just bought tires for my Ford Windstar. I has complained that my car hydro-planed pretty badly and they recommended the Goodyear Assurance tires. They were expensive, but so far I really like them.

Denae

 

[arminnie]

I bought Goodyear Aquatreads for my dad's explorer. I couldn't believe how much better it handled with those tires - especially in the rain.

So that's what I put on my Honda Odyssey when I needed new tires.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Originally posted by arminnie
I bought Goodyear Aquatreads for my dad's explorer. I couldn't believe how much better it handled with those tires - especially in the rain.

So that's what I put on my Honda Odyssey when I needed new tires.

Goodyear doesn't make the Aquatread anymore. They replaced it with the Assurance TripleTred.

 

[mudnuri]

DH runs Kelly's on his truck- the summer treads. He puts a lot of mile son his truck- (100K in 3 years) so he was looking for a tire that would last a few summers, and didnt cup very easily.

In the winter- he slaps on Goodyears

my Blazer, BFG's

My Envoy- Goodyears

My Grand Am I ran goodyears in the summer- and Nokian Hackapaleetta II's (yeah- say it fast..then try to spell it out like I did ) They were snow/ice tires- with studs...best tires I've ever had- most expensive too...too bad they wont fit on the Envoy!

I've heard of Toyo's- I've never had them recommended to us, but we always use the same tire place. They may just keep giving us goodyears cause thats what we run the most? The Kelley's were recommended because we were suppose to drive the truck to Florida- and DH was worried about nasty rain storms.

Toyo's might be a good tire for minivans though, we've never owned one

I'd go with what the tire guy recommends..

Brandy

 

[Patch'sD]

Try Tirerack.com. They have several brands of tires and may have a installer near you. Toyo are good tires, I had them on two of my Datsun's (Nissan). Please pay attention to the width of the tire and what your auto manufacture recommends. I would go with the Widest tire recommended giving you more tread on the road.

 

[dmfuru]

I got Bridgestone Touranza's for my Odyssey after reading about them on multiple internet auto BBs. They are MUCH quieter than the stock Michelins--I highly recommend them.

 

[stevenpensacola]

I've got an 03 Odyssey that I'm getting tires for TODAY. The tires I'm having installed are Bridgestone Turanza LST $515 for four, installed, balanced with lifetime balance and rotation.

I learned about these tires on board like this for the Ody.

Check out www.odyclub.com

the following should take you to the tire forum:

http://www.odyclub.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=1000&forumid=15

I was going to purchase the tires through the Tire Rack, but after having them delivered, installed, then purchasing a lifetime rotate and balance, the price was the same as my neighborhood tire store.

Hope this helps.

 

[Allie322]

I didn't know about this website, thanks!

And thanks to everyone for their help. Just makes me love the DIS all the more!

 

[JetsFan73]

Toyo's are pretty good tires. They are considered high performance tires.