All Season Tires?

[f0rge]

I'm in canada and took delivery on december 22nd, car had michelin summers on it. I had to drive straight to a tire shop to put winters on.

Still better than all-season garbage though.

[Demandred7]

I had those on my 2009 Corolla XRS. They aren't the worst tire, but, they are pretty crappy. I didn't know how crappy they were until I got the Bridgestone Potenza RE970 to replace them. The only advantage of the Turanza EL400 is that you might get a little longer before throwing winter tires on. The shocking thing is that they are actually quite expensive. The above Potenzas were cheaper and better.

[ZDan]

Take a look at how well the Turanza 400-02 stacks up against other "Standard Touring All Season" tires:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...wws=N&showcm=N

The crappiest tire in one of the lowest performance categories!

I test drove a '13 Mazda3 Grand Touring a couple of weeks ago, it was on these tires. The handling feel of the car was so poor that we decided to keep and fix up the wife's old '05 Mazda3 instead.
I'm sure a lot of the craptastic handling was down to those tires.

WTF, Mazda, Scion!

[chenshuo]

Originally Posted by EK_Golfer

I also received my FRS with the above mentioned Bridgestone tires. I was wondering if the recommended tire pressure of 35 psi still applies to these Bridgestones? The dealership had my tires inflated to 28 psi.

your tire information and recommended pressue info should be on the driver's side door sill sticker.

[chenshuo]

Originally Posted by f0rge

I'm in canada and took delivery on december 22nd, car had michelin summers on it. I had to drive straight to a tire shop to put winters on.

Still better than all-season garbage though.

Where in Canada are you at? If your in the GTA, mind telling me where you got the winter tires? i'm getting my car soon and would have to get winter tires right after delivery.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by EK_Golfer

I also received my FRS with the above mentioned Bridgestone tires. I was wondering if the recommended tire pressure of 35 psi still applies to these Bridgestones? The dealership had my tires inflated to 28 psi.

Recommended pressure has nothing to do with tire make or compound, it's determined based on the general characteristics of the size of tire fitted, weight distribution of the car and the associated dynamics.

There is a performance benefit to be gained by tweaking the pressures to affect the handling to your liking and a reduction in rolling resistance benefit (gas savings) to overinflating the tire. Recommended pressures are a good starting point for 97% of motorists. (you'd likely lower them if going to a track because you'll be dumping a lot of heat into them)

Edit: relevant to the thread, dealers have no idea what tires they are coming in with, I've seen a few with Bridgestones in sunny California, mine came with Michelins last week.

[jlu]

Mine came with Bridgestones - I really want to upgrade my tires but at the same time it feels like such a waste of money getting rid of a perfectly functional set of tires.

[EK_Golfer]

Originally Posted by chenshuo

your tire information and recommended pressue info should be on the driver's side door sill sticker.

All BRZ and FRS door panel stickers recommend 35psi regardless of which tires you get.

strat61caster - thanks for the info, I'll probably contact Bridgestone as well and see what they recommend.

[f0rge]

Originally Posted by chenshuo

Where in Canada are you at? If your in the GTA, mind telling me where you got the winter tires? i'm getting my car soon and would have to get winter tires right after delivery.

I am in the GTA, tires in the stock size were very difficult to find and very expensive when I did so I went with 205/50-17 instead.

I dealt with Kipling tire, their prices are usually pretty competitive. Ended up with Hankook W409 I-Pike, I have mixed feelings about the tire, pretty terrible in the dry/wet but did perform well in the snow.

Tires23 are also pretty good, I'm picking up some rims/tires from them for the spring and they were pretty well priced as well.

[PNW FRS]

Originally Posted by EK_Golfer

I also received my FRS with the above mentioned Bridgestone tires. I was wondering if the recommended tire pressure of 35 psi still applies to these Bridgestones? The dealership had my tires inflated to 28 psi.

My FRS was delivered last week (WA state) and it has the Turanza tires... they were inflated to 30 psi. I up'd them to 35 psi to see how they felt and it was too much.... way too 'stiff' for our current 25-35 degree weather. I have them down to 32 psi and that feels about right.

[chenshuo]

I would actually like to have all season tires. I don't mind swapping with someone my summer tire with an all season, provided that the condition of the tire is new. cause mine is.

[cgrey]

Originally Posted by chenshuo

I would actually like to have all season tires. I don't mind swapping with someone my summer tire with an all season, provided that the condition of the tire is new. cause mine is.

Your tires are worth a pretty penny in like new condition. Sell them and buy a set of better all seasons than the factory all season garbage.

[chenshuo]

Originally Posted by cgrey

Your tires are worth a pretty penny in like new condition. Sell them and buy a set of better all seasons than the factory all season garbage.

i like how u think ;-)
i didnt know those Michelin summer tires worth anything.

[DanoFA20]

Originally Posted by DTM

Did anyone elses FR-S come with all season tires? Mine came with what appear to be general all-season Bridgestone Turanza EL400 tires. Every article I've read mentioned Michelin summer tires that didn't have enough grip. I can guarantee they have more grip than these POS Bridgestones! Curious if this is a manufacturing change for northern/semi-northern climates and we will see more of these?

i have the Bridgestones as well. both factory tires suck regardless lol