Last spring, I put a brand new set of Bridgestone Potenza G019 Grid tires on my Lebaron Convertible. Traction is great, hold air well, they tread water really nice (in a few years I will see how they perform at 50% treadlife), they balanced nice, but they sucked away 2 mpg and make the car's handling very wishy-washy, which I find annoying since I am more of a spirited driver and gas isn't cheap these days.. well, gas is better for awhile now but we'll see how long it stays this low.
Previously, the car had some Pepboys Futura II tires on it. I am confident they are now long phased out, but they were really nice tires. Handled GREAT, held air really well, good traction and lasted me 54,000 miles and I know that I beat on them pretty good over the years. The only problem with these tires is that they would shake at high speeds. I'd have them balanced and it wouldn't make a difference. Its like the cords of the tires were not sewn together right or something. The goodyear Invicta--if they're still around, they sucked for as long as I can remember. They've changed tire tread designs over the years but I'd stay away from those. Dad had a set originally on his Grand Cherokee and I had a set on my 1992 Daytona --worked good in snow and held air, but thats about it. They couldn't tread water worth a hoot. Firestone Firehawk GTA: Excellent performance tire, wear like iron, but forget about wet traction and snow. Treads water okay. Of course, tire designs do changed like shoe styles, so what I say may or may not be true anymore. My brother is working at a Carquest auto parts store now, and since they do lots of business with all of the local repair shops, he went out to see what kind of "deal" they would give him. Talked to the guys at Tires Plus, and they were gun-ho about their relations with one of their primary parts suppliers and said they'd give him a good deal on them. It was something like $105 for each tire, which according to them, was like $5 over their cost. Sounds decent. But for curiosity's sake, he called the local Firestone dealer and they had the exact same tire for $95 each retail! Go figure. The managers at Tires Plus must make commission--last week I overheard the manager telling a customer that when you buy a new vehicle, the wheels are not aligned. Whatever. The same manager told my boss that when changing out the rear struts of his '99 Avenger it would need a wheel alignment. That's also bull. > > > > Coincidentally, last year I just put some new shoes on my '04 White SXT > with some Goodyear Assurance tires with mfr spects of 225 60R16. It's a > great looking tread and great traction but I'll agree with the Goodyear > rep that offered them to me that it's a little over the top, maybe for > down here in ATL. A slightly noisier but excellent all weather tire > with a hardly noticeable decrease in fuel. This was said to be a good > tire for this car. > > My '04 SXT is my second 2nd generation LH platform Intrepid I've owned. > I owned a Platinum '99 and fitted it with some Goodyear tires also. I > put on her some 3rd Gen Aquatreads (and, at least, getting about 25,000 > miles out of them before I totalled that one at 47,000). I remember > liking that tire a lot as well. > > Good luck. there's lot's of choices, especially the climate you may > live in. > ------------------------------------ Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
