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Originally Posted by projectXTR
Fuck I underestimated the impact it would have on gas mileage! What kind of tires are you running? Maybe the compound is stickier compared to others resulting in more rolling resistance?
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Hello projectXTR.
I'm running stick EagleF1Asymmetric's in 225/35/18. Very sticky tyre both dry and in the wet. Obviously they're not really 'low rolling resistance' like the stock Michelin's are. What I do know, when I have a roundabout which I take at 50-55 with the Michelins, I take that same roundabout at 70 with the Goodyears. Personal taste wise, the 225/35's have reinforced sides, so those tyres are really very ridgid in turns, disadvantage ... don't expect comfort. But they're absolutely not loud.
Have a Celica as well where I had those cheaper tyres on (think they were Hankook), I didn't like them at all wet grip was crap those days (we're talking something like 4-5 y ago). I guess that meanwhile really 'bad' tyres you will not find anymore, except perhaps for the really cheap Chinese stuff (style Nankang and such).
Grtz