Used Pilot?

On 2/19/08 12:02 AM, in article 47ba70bd$0$16692$4c368faf@roadrunner.com,
"Rick Frazier" <rickf DeleteThis @rickfrazier.com> wrote:

> Larry in AZ wrote:
>
>> Waiving the right to remain silent, motsco_ <motsco_ DeleteThis @interbaun.com> said:
>>
>>
>>> QUAKEnSHAKE wrote:
>>>
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>>>> I have 05 Pilot 5,700 miles on it. The one thing I dont care for is the
>>>> road noise seems a bit high.
>>>>
>>>> Ray
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>>> Ray, it's probably tire noise.
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>> The stock tires and wheels on the 05 are junk. Mine lose air regularly.
>>
> Though I haven't seen any problem with losing air, I would agree the
> stock tires are junk, just as are the tires of just about any typical
> vehicle coming out of the major manufacturers. Unless you are buying a
> serious "sports/performance" vehicle like Corvette, Camaro, Mustang GT,
> etc., you will always get junk tires from the factory.
>
> Our 2005 pilot has a bit over 60,000 miles on it and the tires are
> already suffering from hydroplaning problems... OK, so one shouldn't
> expect stock tires to make 90K miles without issues, but they clearly
> could for only a relatively few dollars more.... Even the (non stock)
> tires on my Toyota Tacoma 4wd put out over 90K miles before I couldn't
> stand the noise (but they still had decent tread and weren't
> hydroplaning). With the stock Pilot tires, I couldn't belive the way
> they didn't handle when I recently drove the vehicle in a recent
> rainstorm. My wife put over 60K miles on the vehicle in less than two
> years and never complained, but I was all over the lane during a
> rainstorm the first time I drove it recently. Looking at the tread,
> there's still reasonable depth there, but the pattern is just not
?> conducive to shedding the rain, so (f course) it's like driving on wet
> ice when it rains here. (It's not unusual to see a couple of inches in
> an hour when it rains here, and , as we have no freeways, the roadways
> aren't exactly designed for high speed use or water runoff).
> I'm just about ready to put a good set of Michelins on it (which cured
> every problem I had with the Toyota).
>
> --rick

You actually expect 90k miles on a set of tires? Wow! I routinely get 60k
before the tread is down to the wear bars, but I've never seen a tire
deliver more than 60k regardless of car make/model or of price or alleged
quality of the tires.

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:47:52 +0000, E Meyer wrote:

> You actually expect 90k miles on a set of tires? Wow! I routinely get 60k
> before the tread is down to the wear bars, but I've never seen a tire
> deliver more than 60k regardless of car make/model or of price or alleged
> quality of the tires.

90K is pushing it a little, but I have routinely gotten 75-80K out of all
my vehicles' tires. Mostly Michelin, with some Goodyear too.

These are not the cheapest Michelins or Goodyears, and I take good care to
monitor inflation pressures and do regular rotations. Perhaps that is the
difference...


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