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Stock Toyo's lasted 36,600 miles
https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/continental-pure-contact/p/14010
https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/continental-pure-contact/p/14010
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How do you like them? Are they softer or harder? How is cornering and acceleration? MPGs?
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Only drove five miles, but stopping did feel a bit better.
I did reset my MPG to see if any impact.
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Well done on the mileage
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You will most likely lose some MPGs, I lost about 2-3 MPGs when I switched to W-rated Proxes 4 Plus. Nitto Motivo were better, I only lost 1 MPG when I had them.
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Just 1-2 MPG so far, but its only been a few days
I agree. Let it break-in first.
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I'm hoping it goes back to normal but it is pretty common to have variation between tires
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So a month in review
The good: They are good handling tires. A bit stiffer than the Toyos I had before. Better stopping distance and nice cornering. And wonderful wet weather control. In Phoenix we have had some massive Monsoon storms in the past two weeks and I have been out driving in a few of them and I never felt the tires lose traction.
The bad: I seemed to have lost a bit of MPG. I was getting a solid 33-34 MPG on my weekly trips into work with a combined 70/30 Highway/City driving. Now I have yet to have a week above 32 MPG. I have yet to take a long trip in which I have got 39 MPG.
The good: They are good handling tires. A bit stiffer than the Toyos I had before. Better stopping distance and nice cornering. And wonderful wet weather control. In Phoenix we have had some massive Monsoon storms in the past two weeks and I have been out driving in a few of them and I never felt the tires lose traction.
The bad: I seemed to have lost a bit of MPG. I was getting a solid 33-34 MPG on my weekly trips into work with a combined 70/30 Highway/City driving. Now I have yet to have a week above 32 MPG. I have yet to take a long trip in which I have got 39 MPG.
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Losing a little MPG is normal with new tires. They are a little larger diameter with the full tread depth. As a tire wears the MPG gets a little better. Plus the difference from tire to tire and tread compounds and the like all affect MPG.
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It is all about the tire, its rubber mix and its rolling resistance. I had OEM or better mileage with brand new Toyo Versado Noir, but absolutely horrible mileage when I tried new Yokohama Advan Sport A/S. Nitto Neo Gen seems to be a very similar tire to our OEM Toyo Proxes 4 Plus B, I wanted to try it, but decided to get something with a higher wear rating (which also affects fuel economy).
It sounds like touring tires are the best choice for fuel economy, but they are not great with cornering. My W-rated Proxes are wearing out slowly, they may even last 50k miles. I will be definitely getting different tires when they wear out, possibly Nitto Invo or Michelin Premier that I originally wanted to try. Nitto Motivo is a perfect choice for an everyday cheap comfortable performance tire, it will be my default choice if I fail to find another decent tire.
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This is true when comparing new tire to new tire. If you compare a worn out tire to a brand new tire of the same type the new tire will always get a little worse mileage due to a larger diameter and the deeper tread depth cause more rolling resistance due to the taller tread blocks that squirm more as the tire rotates.
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All valid points. The new tire is a bit bigger in diameter so I kind of expected a slight drop in MPG. Still not excited to see it go down though.
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