I live in Colorado. Last night I had a set of 4 goodyear Tripletred tires installed.
Coincidentially, we had combo rain/snow/freezing weather last night in the Denver Metro Area and the roads were very hazardous. (5 roll overs and many pile-ups were reported on I 70 alone on traffic radio reports this AM!). Anyway, the Tripletreds held onto the road like glue compared to the OEM Goodyear Integras that I had replaced.
I see Michlin's Hydroedge is a popular tire in this form. If you look at the tread design on the Hydroedge and the Tripletred, they look similar except that the Tripletred tread is has a more sculpted appearance whereas the HydroEdge surface appears more regluar and smooth. I am not sure how these tire's performances compare, but my expereince today with the TripleTred was very, very reassuring.
BTW, the HydroEdge's consumer ratings on Tire Rack's web site is rated 2nd out of 30 tires in its class. The Tripletred's rate 1 of 30.
One more thing. I had to install 195/60/ 15 tires as the Triple tread does not come in the oem size of 185/65/15 tires. The Diameter is within 1% of the OEM tire (within normal tread wear differences), but it is somewhere between 1/4-1/2" wider on the pavement which should increase performance, but possible decrease MPG slightly.
Oops, one more, one more thing: I ended up paying $94 each for these tires plus about $10 install and balancing at a goodyear center. The price varied as much as $30 per tire depending upon which tire store I called. The Goodyear dealer immediate lowered his asking price to a "sale" price of $94 (down from $114) when I simply asked if there was a price break for buying a set of 4 tires.
trey. :idea:
Coincidentially, we had combo rain/snow/freezing weather last night in the Denver Metro Area and the roads were very hazardous. (5 roll overs and many pile-ups were reported on I 70 alone on traffic radio reports this AM!). Anyway, the Tripletreds held onto the road like glue compared to the OEM Goodyear Integras that I had replaced.
I see Michlin's Hydroedge is a popular tire in this form. If you look at the tread design on the Hydroedge and the Tripletred, they look similar except that the Tripletred tread is has a more sculpted appearance whereas the HydroEdge surface appears more regluar and smooth. I am not sure how these tire's performances compare, but my expereince today with the TripleTred was very, very reassuring.
BTW, the HydroEdge's consumer ratings on Tire Rack's web site is rated 2nd out of 30 tires in its class. The Tripletred's rate 1 of 30.
One more thing. I had to install 195/60/ 15 tires as the Triple tread does not come in the oem size of 185/65/15 tires. The Diameter is within 1% of the OEM tire (within normal tread wear differences), but it is somewhere between 1/4-1/2" wider on the pavement which should increase performance, but possible decrease MPG slightly.
Oops, one more, one more thing: I ended up paying $94 each for these tires plus about $10 install and balancing at a goodyear center. The price varied as much as $30 per tire depending upon which tire store I called. The Goodyear dealer immediate lowered his asking price to a "sale" price of $94 (down from $114) when I simply asked if there was a price break for buying a set of 4 tires.
trey. :idea: