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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 07:43 PM
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15" tire replacement

Need some help. I need to replace my 15" tires and the fact that the wife runs the car around town with some road trips. Can anyone give me an idea on a good wearing low noise 15" replacement tire for my 2010 base model. Thanks.............
 
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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 06:38 AM
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In 175/65R15 the General Altimax HP is a good choice for 55k miles.

You can also consider 195/60/15 Goodyear Assurance ComforTread Touring with 80K expected mileage.

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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 07:01 AM
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Cincikid, Asking for tire recommendations is akin to asking for the best beer. So I'll give you mine. My 2010 came with ContiProContact which is shown here: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

I have 12K on them and still have 8/32" tread depth. They are probably the best OEM tires I have had and would replace they with the same if available when the time comes. If you do some research, I'm sure you may find there are others just as good. Some more expensive, some less.

Let us know what you buy.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 07:09 AM
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Note that Alex at the Tirerack has earned the respect of many on this forum!

Alex - Your links didn't open for me. Please check.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 07:34 AM
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It looks like the forum borked Alex' links, adding some extra stuff onto the front end. Here are the same links, corrected so they'll open:

General Altimax HP

Goodyear Assurance Comfortread Touring
 
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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Thanks for the solid advice to all.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by grgramps
Note that Alex at the Tirerack has earned the respect of many on this forum!

Alex - Your links didn't open for me. Please check.
Yep - I'll 2nd that in an instant.
 
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