Who doesn’t want their Prius tires?
 

The stock tires are low rolling resistance Michelin Primacy HP.:cry:
Several people at the f86 event said they would pull them off in the first few weeks to a month.
So who is going to ditch them first thing?

Going to keep them until I get new wheels... Might just keep them as a set/winter tires.

people are pretty ignorant to tires though. prius tires isnt a fair term. it amazes me that people a)want to buy this car, b)change tires to be faster at the cost of fun, and c) continue to talk about the blisteringly fast mustang like is sucks despite its same cost, more grip, and abundance of power.

I average around 9400 miles per set of tires on my current car and that's a torqueless front driver. The stock tires will probably not last long anyway. Plus I'd rather start lower limits so I can learn the car.

Also, these "prius tires" actually have pretty admirable survey results on tirerack. They should be a good starting point for lots of people.

theyll be fine till I get new wheels. Im just spoiled by how great my RS3s and Star Specs have been on my current car.

I'll switch eventually, mostly for the things they seem bad at (braking and trailbraking) per reviews.

I will use them for DD and Wet AutoX in Stock Class. Once they are toast I will most likely get a set of these: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....eMake=Michelin

I've got those, pretty awesome tires. Quite stable, pretty high grip, reasonable treadwear, good in the rain. Starts to approach my RT-615's and probably have 4 times the life.

Since I intend to autocross the car and I don't want to bother with a dedicated set of wheels just for that, I'll be changing the stock tires very early for something much stickier. It helps that I don't put on very many miles, so a set of, say Kumho XS's will last me for several years.

The original tires get stored in a cool dark basement, away from sources of ozone (e.g. furnance electric motor), and re-installed when it comes time to trade in the car for the next new improved more powerful etc FR-S / BRZ. Yes, I'm already looking ahead to my next Toyobaru! :)

I'll be making a swap, but yeah... I paid for them so they will get used!

Depends. I'll auto-x the car bone stock and see how it does.

I may go with stickier tires when the stockers wear out.

IF anybody plans on pulling them out as soon as they get them PM me ill prob pick them up. Cheap drift tires :)

Don't real drifters use sticky tires though? :)

Hmmmm ive used anything from nt-05's to riken tires, its easier to drift with cheap tires than more grippier ones. Honestly i drift with what i can find i go to discount tire and ask them for what they have available for my size wheels. Not really picky on a set that will prob last little to nothing.

You mean just like how pretty much everyone here keeps saying, "this car isn't about straight line speed", or "if you want power you don't get this car"? Then turn around and look down on the AT because it's "slower" than the MT? LOL :bonk:

I'm glad this car comes with Michelins. I swear by them. They tend to be so well balanced, light weight, and can handle some serious abuse. I'll keep these until they wear out and almost certainly go to the Michelin Pilot Super Sport thereafter.

Hay you go away that was my idea :mad0259:.

If you don’t want your tires I do and I will pay reasonable money for them.

yes they do but heres how it is, we have 200 hp so we need something that isnt hard to break loose in so cheap tires but sadly we dont get a lot of smoke when we do drift

to put on a show you need sticky tires because they make more smoke and heat when you drift

in D1 they have massive amounts of hp because the tires have so much traction, and the only way to hold a drift on those tires is to have 500-600 hp

lol you win its your thread

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The best deal I've ever found was to buy tires on line at Sears after midnight sunday. I got tires for ten bucks each.

HUH? :mad0259: Please explain

I plan to keep my tires till they wear out. The engineer probably choose this tire for cost, feedback, size, noise level, contract, and other reason. I know the lower grip of these tires will help me feel the car limit better, then compare to a more aggressive compound tire which will tend to snap more at limits. But why would you throw away a $700 tire set away...

@OP-

Look at the price/ratings of the OEM tires before discounting them... IMO the "prius-tire" label does not do them justice...

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...&filterType=oe

not saying they are the highest performing tires, but they sure do cost a lot. Based on user ratings, they are certainly solid all-around tires. I will be using them until they are completely worn out before replacing... Part of this cars charm is not needing high-grip tires anyways.

I'm going to take them off and put them on my wife's Prius. :)

...If I get RPF1s...which I probably won't.

Sut up the tires suck :paddle:
I am going to buy them all and build a lot of tire swings:party0030:.

step 1) buy another set of wheels and put some nice sticky tires on them for track and autox days
step 2) go about living the rest of your life

I plan to run these bad boys to the cords! :burnrubber:

Man i thought the stockers were cheaper close to 900 for the set is a rip off!!

I already have a set of 225/45/17 Dunlop Z1 Star Specs waiting :) I mounted them on my girlfriends MK6 GTI just to autox with until the BRZ comes in.

The price of Michis is why I never run them :) That an most of the ones I've driven suck (super sports is the only exception).

For less money, you can buy MUCH better tires (for performance, maybe not for fuel economy/noise) once the stock tires wear out.

For those used to all seasons these tires will be amazing.

For those used to Star Specs, RS3s, AD08s, etc they will suck :)

RE11's?
 

I would love to put RE11's on mine day one but I'll try the HP's for a while. If it is as much fun to drive as they say, maybe I'll stick with them.

That's what I'm considering doing myself. (was intially going to get a new set of Michelin PSS also) BUT.. I'd like to experience the car how it was 'intended' to be from the factory, albeit.. with much lighter rims :D

I'll be getting a set of 17x8 Weds coming in tomorrow, so once I get the car, I'll ask the dealer to transfer the Primacy HP's to the Weds wheels and also transfer the TPMS sensors to the Weds too. Hopefully they can do this service 'gratis' :D

curious
 

I'm really curious as to how much of the stock mpg rating is attributed to these tires as they are lrr greenx. I know the energy savers gave my prius 5 mpg over non-lrr tires. I would think that the true mpg for this car is probably 27mpg for mt on performance tires.

What do you think?

Anyways planning on getting a set of winter tires first, then maybe there will be some sort of lrr orange oil tires that provide lrr and excellent cornering traction (yokos?).

im moving to these
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes
http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires...t_ss_ci2_l.jpg
or these
http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires...s_pp_ci2_l.jpg

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....PPXL&tab=Sizes

I like the looks of these. This will be my DD and I have no plans to race it, so all-weathers are probably in my future. The stock tires just won't do when the temp drops, but I don't need snow tires in the ATL.

Wife gets JDM prius sport tires, you will probably get sex that night! :lol:

I dont get it.
You get aftermarket wheels, you get new tires with those wheels.

problem solved.....

The factory wheels and tires will be replaced within 2 weeks.
I don't like the wheels or the size tire really a 215 wide....:thumbdown: