Auto tire company’s now say there tires save so much fuel, they will pay for themselves?
At $200 each ($800.00 a set) over the 50,000 or 60,000 miles life of the tire, that is a LARGE claim. Is there ANY proof tire design can save fuel?
If you were going to buy tires, besides buying USA made (or course) what should I look for? (factory size is P205-75R15. I did replace them with Tiger Paw’s P215-70R15 to make the ride more stable, but that was 60,000 miles ago. I can buy those again for $400.00 a set)
NICK…Are you a math major?
If my car gets 20 miles to the gallon, it would use 3,000 gallons of fuel to travel the 60,000 mile life of tires.
If my car gets 21 miles to the gallon, it would use 2,857 gallons of fuel to travel the 60,000 mile life of tires.
That is 143 gallons LESS FUEL at $4.00 a gallon for fuel…we would save $572.00.
I guess anyone can now write on Yahoo!
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Comments on Auto tire company’s now say there tires save so much fuel, they will pay for themselves?
anyone can say what they want in an ad, they wont put it in writing. also in order to get the deal they prob. will make you pay for rotation and alignments that will pit the cost out of sight
The lower the rolling resistance the better! I dont thing tires that expensive will ever pay for themselves. Just make sure to keep your tires aired up and dont get a real bulky mud tread
SAVE your money if the claim was accurate everyone (expecially new vehicles) would have them. MPG is a HUGE selling poing now that fuel is $4 gallon like I said they would be selling like hotcakes if it were true. Just get a good tire, keep it properly inflated, drive the speed limit, try not to quickly accelerate or sudden stops (if possible) and thats the best advice you can get.
Yes. Less roll resistance.
I look for AA grading
Those. What are those? Anyway, yes if you have no problems.
yea, its valid, but i doubt it will pay for itself, you may gain like 1 mpg from low rolling resistance tires
Of course tire design impacts fuel economy and yes there is proof tire design effects fuel economy. Lots of it. Why do you think proper inflation pressure is so important? Besides the safety factor of having sufficient load, inadequate inflation increases rolling resistance which in turn reduces efficiency. The construction and rubber compound of a tire can also have a significant impact on the tires rolling resistance by reducing friction with the road surface.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=29
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=121
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=133
The problem of course is that if the tire is too heavily optimized for low rolling resistance it will lose performance elsewhere – rain and snow traction for example, ride comfort, wear, etc, etc, etc… Every tire is a compromise of different design choices.
What has by far and away though the greatest impact on fuel economy is your driving habits. Good driving habits can quite literally improve your fuel economy by 25-40% compared to driving like a normal person where fuel efficient tires might get you single digit percentage improvements.