re: 4 new tires on vehicle

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Need to get 4 new tires on my daily commuter car.

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235/45/18 tires.

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235/45/18 tires.

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Who the hell has 235/45/18 tires on their daily commuter?

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This is the route I took. Put in your zip code on the tire rack site and they'll give you a list of shops they deliver to and have them put on for you. I paid $116 labor for everything at the shop that put them on.

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My dad is a local installer for Tire Rack and Discount Tire both, here's a pro tip, you aren't really saving any money if you are buying from a reputable local dealer.

Let's use the OP's tire size as an example.

234-45-18

The Hankook Ventus Noble 2 is $565.60 after a mail rebate from Tire Rack okay you paid $116 labor for a local dealer to install. For a total of $681. Now I've already established that this tire should sell from your local dealer at around $185 each mounted and balanced for a total of $740 plus taxes BUT Hankook has a rebate going on right now, and local dealers qualify just the same as Tire Rack does, so you would get a prepaid visa for $50 back from Hankook making the actual price at a local dealer around $690 compared to $681 at Tire Rack and having them installed, and you put more money in your local dealer's pocket in the process.

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Is it worth it to spend that much more?

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You are traveling at 70 mph in the opposite direction as vehicles going the same speed. That's a potential 140 mph head on collision. The only contact you have with a 4k# vehicle and mother Earth is a set of rubber. Now, with that said, ask that question again.

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Michelin is all I buy. I haven't had another tire that could compare.


They are like $400 a tire for my truck so they better be good

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What's your truck, I'll tell you two or three tires that are better and cheaper than a Michelin.

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My 2014 Toyota Tundra came with Michelin tires. I just put 30,000 miles on the vehicle and already need 4 new ones. I have had them rotated at regular intervals, and kept them properly inflated. They must be made of pencil erasers as someone said earlier about another brand. I'm sorely disappointed, because in the past the factory tires are the best ones you get, and always seem to last past 40,000 miles.
I won't be buying high dollar Michelins to replace these. That's for sure.

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I'm not a Michelin fan, but just as with any other brand , the Michelin's that came on your truck are NOT the Michelins that you can buy aftermarket. They simply aren't. They are tires made specifically for Toyota by Michelin for that truck. Even if they have the same name and look identical, they are not identical . ALL vehicle manufacturers do this, as do all tire brands.

That being said Cooper At3 or Hankook RF10 are the top two truck tires on the market as far as I'm concerned.

Coker Classics the tire every woman looks for

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That has never been the case.

Tire quality is not simply how long they last.

I want wet and dry weather handling, ride comfort, and quiet ride. You have to make sacrifices in tire life to get those things.

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Yep, people don't realize auto manufactures get tire manufacturers to build tires to THEIR specs for vehicles, meaning the people at say GM may be willing to make sacrifices in the longevity of a tire in order to have the maximum rain capability they can have , or the best handling or whatever, whereas you on your car might say "I don't need the rain capability, I want my tire to last longer than this tire did"

There isn't a tire on the market that is going to give you the best of everything.

2014 F-250 4x4 20" wheels

Yokohama is as good as any other brand. Not sure why you'd consider them lesser than others.

Every maker has budget, moderate and high end tires.

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Yokohama is as good as any other brand. Not sure why you'd consider them lesser than others.

Every maker has budget, moderate and high end tires.

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Yokohoma makes a good high performance tire and a real good semi truck tire. I personally don't care for their light truck tires, but you are right, they are a good brand, and usually good value.