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Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:32:37
In Reply to: Aren Pilot line are Michelin's performance tires, Noel, Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:18:04
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The Pilots are more of a performance tire and tend to be grippier, so will actually hurt fuel mileage. Ditto for Bridgestone's Potenza line versus its Turanza or Ectopia tires.
For mileage improvements you probably should be looking at a "Grand Touring" tire, some of which do have low rolling resistance versions. Both Bridgestone and Michelin have them. How much of a difference they make is harder to say. Just keeping tires properly inflated and driving reasonably does a lot for tire life and fuel mileage.
But how real are the savings with an LRR tire?
if you average 25 mpg on "normal" tires for 12K miles you use 480 gallons of gas.
if you average 27 mpg on LRR tires for 12K miles you use 444 gallons.
So you save about two tanks of gas a year. Not bad, $140 or so.
But as they say, YMMV.
Posts in this Thread:
- Tires... rolling resistance rating anywhere?, Snowmobile , Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:22:31
- Re: Tires... rolling resistance rating anywhere?, OKSaabs, Thu, 5 Apr 2012 07:39:24
- thanks, Snowmobile , Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:39:34
- Aren Pilot line are Michelin's performance tires, Noel, Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:18:04
- Re: Tires... rolling resistance rating anywhere?, Dean, Tue, 3 Apr 2012 09:55:06
- Re: Michelin, Siegfried, Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:53:00
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