:( Front are trashed at 4700 miles.. apparently car's front was out of alignment the day I bought it...!!! Dealer passed the buck and said it was tire warrenty, tire store said oh no it is a bad alignment...my problem...I told the dealer it was their fault and I wanted a rental. oh no rentals are only for pacifica owners. I told them to look it up,,,they called 30 min later..ok here is a cheap white dodge car. We will only charge you 50 $ for 2 tires. Conti's or any other brand the next time

 

I think it's MICHELIN, must be texon thing.Was the wear on the inside?

 

I test drove two where the steering wheel was not centerned.. wonder if those where messed up..

-marc

 

i hope the dealership is going to do an alignment prior to installing the new tires :!: i would consider $50 for the 2 tires to be reasonable if you consider that frequently checking treadwear is something that all car owners should be doing. i'm not suggesting it's your fault regarding the misalignment, but if you had noticed sooner, you might have been able to get it fixed with substanital tread left. then you could have been one of the first to do the often discussed side-to-side tire rotation. on the other hand, even if you had caught the irregular wear earlier, you would likely have used up much more than $50 in tread. maybe the $50 and use of a loaner isn't such a bad thing. actually you make out a bit since 4.7K might equate to 1/5 the prorated treadwear of the michelins which would be like $100 worth of tread. :lol:

can you spare any details on how the tread wore? that info might help others in checking for similar patterns.

i have the michelins and 4.6K miles, but they don't seem to be wearing much at all.

 

I'm Aurocrossing mine at least twice a month and I have 10k on my Pilot Sport 2s and they still look great. You can see by the autocross videos that I'm pounding them pretty hard. I've been very impressed with them. I would guess that I have at least 12 - 15k left on them, at my current pase. For the way am abusing them, I think, if I get 25k, that's pretty darn good.

 

I just drove a crossfire up in Chicago that had the Michelins PS2's and had over 20k miles on the car. It went through a full winter and now summer. The tread looked no different than my own. I guess the tires are better than I thought!

 

I've got 20K miles and the America's Tire guy that I trust says I've got another 5K left on them. So far, so good...I'll be replacing them with the same Michelin PS2s.

 

diane... did they quote you a price mounted and balanced out the door? Glad to hear we're looking at 25k miles or so. It sure beats the original estimate of 10-12k we were seeing posted last winter.

 

Especially with Diane's 180s ...... :-)

I am thinking Blaze will get a set of these when the Contis are worn.....maybe earlier ;-)

 

:shock: YIKES!! :shock:

:lol: hahaha!!! And she is GOOD at it too!! :wink:

 

Chrysler rep was there when I drove in. Said he didnt think it was set at the factor right with $47 today and got 4 days free rental and 2 new front tires. Im happy. Original tires had worn severly on outboard side of each tire, not cupped but worn on outside1/2 inch of each tire.

 

yea, check alignment of steering wheel. After reading the posts my somewhat off-center steering wheel became a concern. Took it in when I had the inlet hose recall taken care of and it was in need of realignmnent.
It was taken car of at no charge. The wheel should be almost perfectly centered!





6 spd # 16515 graphite

 

good deal. if by chance you kept the old tires we could pass them around the forum so that we could all get new tires for $47. :lol:

 

I didn't get an out the door quote at the time...when I get the new tires, I'll be sure to post the final price. It'll probably be in a couple more months. And yes, I'm also glad the 10-12K posts from before weren't the norm.

 

:x :x :x :x Got the car back, new tires...parked in the driveway where I always park...wife promptly backe the Grand Cherokee into my front bumper. Now I have a cracked left front headlite cover and a 2 inch hole from the trailer hitch ball.....

 

Just remember......

She is your wife and you really love her!!!!!

Stay away from all sharp, blunt objects and lock up any firearms you may own for at least the next month......

It is only a $500 deductible, and now she will owe you big time!!!!! You can play this one for at least a year.

 

:P you have read my mind in all areas!!

 

Hi guys,

I think I'm still on topic here...

As far as alignment goes, does your steering wheel seem to have about two inches of "looseness" when you are parking the car and turning the wheel. When I wait for my garage door to open and move my steering wheel when the car is stopped it can be rocked effort-lessly left and right about two inches. Normal?

 

Not in mine....but I would verify play by having a second person place a hand on the front wheel and tell you as soon as they detect motion....this would determine if you just have too much upper arm strength or a little too much boost in your steering.