I have Wal-Mart cheapies (Kingstar) and let me tell you that for 340$ tax-in and installed, nothing beats them. With a thread wear of 620, I can't complain. Good in water and wet roads, a little noisy though on old roads.
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I have Wal-Mart cheapies (Kingstar) and let me tell you that for 340$ tax-in and installed, nothing beats them. With a thread wear of 620, I can't complain. Good in water and wet roads, a little noisy though on old roads.
620 tread wear? are they made out of old hockey pucks?? i usually go around 300 in tread wear
my last set of tires (sunny) were $222 shipped, $50 mount and balance = $272
the set before that was nexen (rears still have 8/32s, no alignment killed the front) were about $300 installed..
(still lasted >5 k withough the alignment better than oem)..
the falken 502s before that were @ $350 installed, had them for 10k miles, and sold them with 6-7/32s on them (went to a different rim size)
i hate people busting on the aveo, i love mine. its the best deal for the money, but if you think your getting top-of-the-line engineering for $10k new your dumb. awesome to mod, even with lack of aftermarket support. its half the fun to fabricate/hunt for/try-to-make-fit with parts. besides its cool to have a modded car that everyone else hasnt already done
You know with all said about tires no one said anything about PSI in the tire. The stock 14" 31 PSI all around but I have found that 32 PSI in the Frt. 31 PSI in the Rear.
I have a little wear on mine. But I push my car a lot on the corners most of the wear in the Frt. in the last 4 months are because the front dropped 3 Psi. I think my ball joint are starting to wear a bit. I Expect there to be a little wear after a 29 months 64K/M trip to work 5days + other job weekend girl friend trips. As of this Fri I have 47217 K/M Car, on the Factory Tires I have 36385 K/M.
I might even need a front end alignment by now too.
Pontiac Wave 2008 Hatchback
Yeah I miss typed... 520 threadwear traction A temp A....Quote:
Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit
I run 37psi in the front and 34 in the rear.
520 still seems really high to me, do you do a lot of highway driving and such?
i was running 36-38 psi in my 15s. with the lower profile/reinforced sidewall, i need that much pressure to get the tread flat in the middle. it handles better that way. On my stock sizes 14 snow tires i am running 34 right now, but only because they were a little feathered when i took the off last year, and i ran 32 in them then.
(yes i have my snows on i had a blow out in my summer tires)
Yeah I used to do a lot of highway driving. Not so much nowadays. I took them in the back roads yesterday, they handled a lot better than I thought they would.Quote:
Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit
Don't feel bad about having your snow shoes on, my dealer's been calling me for weeks (called me twice) now to put them on.
185/55/15 is what im looking for if you all could do me a huge favor and send Michelin a email letting them know they need to make tires for this car in that size maybe we could all benefit from it Contact Us: Michelin Tires I know there is lots of people whom say there over priced but there well worth it Goodyear Tires USA we also need to do this for good year thank you all in advance for your help
you'd be better off in a 195/50r15... honestly.
and to me michelin, goodyear and firestone are like the "big 3" of tires. big 3 in reference to the old philosophy of gm, ford and chrysler.. same "quality" as lesser known brands for 2-3 times the price.
I have to agree that 195/50/15 would be alot eaiser to get alot more brands then 185/55/15. The 195/50/15 size would be really close to stock 185/60/15.
I've had my 04 hatch for about 3 years. In that time, I have done the following maintenance in addition to the regular oil changes and air filter changes:
- wheel bearings
- front and rear brakes
- serpentine belt
- timing belt/water pump/thermostat housing
- inner and outer tie rods
- control arm/ball joint assembly
- battery
- spark plugs
- both head lights (at different times)
- top plate mounts
- new summer tires
- new winter tires
Will be changing the shocks/springs next. To be honest, every car I've ever owned has been a godforsaken money pit. Wouldn't bother me if I made a lot of money, but I don't. Having said all that, if you put things into perspective the Aveo is actually a great car for the price. It's "cheap". Nothing else can really compete with it other than the Accent or Rio in terms of price. I can easily get well 35mpg consistently and can fit a lot of **** in the little ****er. For a little econobox with a 1.6, I find the power band is nice compared to the equivalent Honda that needs to be revved to oblivion to move at all.
On a positive note, the car does not burn or leak a drop of anything. If you expect to have a car and put nothing into it, you're delusional.
Such a priceless quote...Doax...we need a new window sticker: "A lot of ****, little ****er: Chevy Aveo" Of course I am going to burn in hell for that one.....Quote:
Originally Posted by byron84
When I moved out of Iowa back to NC, I had two bikes, a Qat, associated Qat ****, a lot of my own stuff and what every I could stuff in there for the 24 hour drive back. Yes Sir, my Chevy can carry a lot of ****.
Currently for the Aveo, I need to replace shocks. I want to do Rabbit's coil over shock conversion, but all my spare cash went into fixing up my truck. The only things I have done: Oil changes, Timing Belt, and spark plugs and a lot of tires in three years.
OK i work in the tire buisness these cars 2009 and newer EAT TIRES. Its really bad and a joke you will get about 25k out of anytire.
And threadwear LOL its treadwear does not mean **** anymore you can not compare tires from two different companies with tread wear rating.
Sorry to burst yall's bubble but its the car not the tires.
The tread wear is mostly the telling you how soft the tire is. With most small tires & tire of to day there in the high 265's & 300'd that a close to running snow tires bye old tire specks. If cars are off a little you do not look after tires and your doing lots corners slow turns hard stops there going to wear faster harder compound tires, there made to help the not so good driver that does not know how drive/stop the car " & most of all Sell Tires " The people want better grip, faster stopping tires, higher cornering tires. This doestwo things help make people happy there listening, This all so lets most tires wear faster, WOW people need to buy tires. Front drive cars wear front tire faster in the front because they do more work then rear cars. So they can eat tires faster. Front Wheel Weight, Turning, Power, Stopping.
Buy tire, try to find tires that work for you/your car how you drive, how much driving you do. THE tread wear it not a warranties it is a # of miles they did on a light test driving like grandmamma @ light driving easy driving that most people do not do! Comes back again SELL tires. Any time 35% of you get more then 1 year on tires your doing good, Winter tires if you get two seasons your doing good. Oh this is in the colder area.
I have a 2008 Aveo Hatch Special Value. 5 speed and I put air in her. Great car for the money. Can get it fixed anywhere in the country at any Chevy dealer. Mine has 88,000 and gets about 34 around town. I put new 60,000 mile tires on July 1st and 19,170 miles later they are at the wear bars. My dealer is very good (Fairway Ford in Canfield, Ohio). The tire guy said they have a 60,000 mile warranty and are prorated so I'll get all 4 new tires mounted balanced with road side assistance and pay $195 out the door. I am concerned they didn't last long but the dealer said their Fusions as well as these Aveos are "Hard on Tires". So that's the way it is. I spend more than $300 a year on my sport bike tires and get far less than 20K. I like the car, it does everything I want and is inexpensive to operate. Wardie
Done something similar going from Oklahoma to California. 22 hours, 36 MPG and a little car stuffed with more than you would think is possible.Quote:
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