[MAXRPM]

Well I am going to be changing my tires soon, I would like to know what brand of tire brings the less rolling resistance for mpg, from your experience can you tell me what are a good all weather tire?, I have stock rims, 15's,,,,, thanks ahead.

 

[Guest]

I think it's less about the brand and more about treadwear ratings. Find a tire with a higher treadwear rating and it should wear less and give better mileage due to harder compounds. Other than that, avoid pepboys like the plague for tires. They sell $30 junk tires, for $50/tire you can get something much better.

 

[chittychittybangbang]

My winter tires (nokian hakkapiletta) give better mileage than my yokohama fuzion or falken fk451 but it's also on a 6" wide tire instead of a 6.5" wide tire.

That's all I can really say about my experience and because the tires are diff widths, it's really meaningless. Pretty much look for low treadwear tires. I prefer to not get hard tires because of loss of traction.

The winter tires also have a looser tread, I can make them skid badly in the wet and they can also skid in the dry with hard braking. It's not a suspension issue, it's a tire issue. With the other tires (and they are all seasons), I can't easily make a skid in the dry.

 

[buggy9]

This thread might help: It says that many people feel there is a max difference of 2 mpg between the best and worst tire for fuel economy

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=201326

IMO, get a tire that is: good price, good traction. Traction is more important than fuel economy, while 2 mpg is a lot, there are better gains elsewhere to be had.