Good Tires For A College Commuter?
08-21-2009, 10:16 PM
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Good Tires For A College Commuter?
Hey everyone,
College is starting up soon and right now I am debating on whether or not to get new tires.
I just recently purchased my 8, only had it for a few weeks now. I'm not sure exactly how much tread is left on my tires, however I already ran over a nail and have a nail in my rear driver's side tire
I have been trying to price tires and I have found some good deals, but I am not the smartest when it comes to knowing tires. And with school starting next week, I want to make sure my tires are going to last me awhile and not have to worry about nails.
Can anyone recommend me a good tire within a reasonable price that I can depend on?
College is starting up soon and right now I am debating on whether or not to get new tires.
I just recently purchased my 8, only had it for a few weeks now. I'm not sure exactly how much tread is left on my tires, however I already ran over a nail and have a nail in my rear driver's side tire
I have been trying to price tires and I have found some good deals, but I am not the smartest when it comes to knowing tires. And with school starting next week, I want to make sure my tires are going to last me awhile and not have to worry about nails.
Can anyone recommend me a good tire within a reasonable price that I can depend on?
08-21-2009, 10:19 PM
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08-21-2009, 10:32 PM
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Blizzaks if its gonna snow, which... it might. Lots or Precip lately.
Edit: My Post is misleading, Blizzaks are good for winter all around, cause they have very good softness retention in cold weather.
Edit: My Post is misleading, Blizzaks are good for winter all around, cause they have very good softness retention in cold weather.
08-21-2009, 10:41 PM
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What about for the warmer weather? I could get Winter Tires now and then for the Spring semester purchase Summer Tires and just switch them when needed.
Any suggestions for Summer tires?
08-21-2009, 10:48 PM
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Lots of good summer tires.
You have to decide whether it's in your budget to have 2 sets of (wheels?)/tires or just get an all season setup and go with that. Since you mentioned wanting to keep it on a reasonable budget I would assume you are looking for a single year round tire. If that is the case I would look at kumho ast's.
I think if I were going to have 2 street tires right now it would be the blizaks and the kumho XS's.
I like kumho tires. They deliver a lot for their relative price. But there are a lot of other good tires available out there.
08-21-2009, 10:51 PM
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Lots of good summer tires.
You have to decide whether it's in your budget to have 2 sets of (wheels?)/tires or just get an all season setup and go with that. Since you mentioned wanting to keep it on a reasonable budget I would assume you are looking for a single year round tire. If that is the case I would look at kumho ast's.
I think if I were going to have 2 street tires right now it would be the blizaks and the kumho XS's.
I like kumho tires. They deliver a lot for their relative price. But there are a lot of other good tires available out there.
You have to decide whether it's in your budget to have 2 sets of (wheels?)/tires or just get an all season setup and go with that. Since you mentioned wanting to keep it on a reasonable budget I would assume you are looking for a single year round tire. If that is the case I would look at kumho ast's.
I think if I were going to have 2 street tires right now it would be the blizaks and the kumho XS's.
I like kumho tires. They deliver a lot for their relative price. But there are a lot of other good tires available out there.
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08-21-2009, 10:52 PM
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Visit tirerack.com for really through ratings and reviews of tires. Also some excellent reference info if you're not familiar with tire grade ratings, etc. They've got very good prices.
Where in Maryland are you? Baltimore or DC burbs? Western Maryland? In the eastern part of the state all seasons would be a good bet. If you need real snow tires, then you'll also need a separate set of summer tires,
Ken
Where in Maryland are you? Baltimore or DC burbs? Western Maryland? In the eastern part of the state all seasons would be a good bet. If you need real snow tires, then you'll also need a separate set of summer tires,
Ken
08-21-2009, 10:56 PM
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My fault, didn't see that he wrote them down lol.
And I live in Bel Air, MD, which is on the eastern part of MD.
I just looked on TireRack and found a set of Kumho Ectsa ASX Blackwall w/ Road Hazard for 524.16. I think that is a good price.
And I live in Bel Air, MD, which is on the eastern part of MD.
I just looked on TireRack and found a set of Kumho Ectsa ASX Blackwall w/ Road Hazard for 524.16. I think that is a good price.
08-21-2009, 11:20 PM
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Yeah I am definitely thinking about these Kumho's. How much do you think it would cost to have them mounted and everything?
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Yeah I really like these Kumho's that I found. I'm trying to see if I can afford to dish out around $600 to buy the tires, have them shipped to me, then have them mounted & balanced.
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I've used toyo proxes 4 for commuting 20 miles (each way) from work to school to home and have had great success with them; they were really good all around as far as dry traction, wet traction, snow traction, but the best part is the tread lasts forever. I would highly reccommend them for your situation.
