2010 Corolla - New (Used) Corolla Owner
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With tires, it all depends on what you're looking for. What is most important to you? Tread life, price, wet weather performance, snow performance, dry performance, braking, handling, road noise, warranty, fuel economy, etc. There are many different areas of evaluation when it comes to tires.
-- B.F.Goodrich T/A Certified Tire Specialist
:thumbup::thumbup1::balloon: :rockon:With tires, it all depends on what you're looking for. What is most important to you? Tread life, price, wet weather performance, snow performance, dry performance, braking, handling, road noise, warranty, fuel economy, etc. There are many different areas of evaluation when it comes to tires.
-- B.F.Goodrich T/A Certified Tire Specialist
A good fit for...what? Again, it all depends on what you're looking for. No one tire can do it all.
Further, Yokoma manufactures many different tires for many different needs and purposes. Not just any Yokohama tire is going to be a, "good fit".
Again, what is most important to you? Tread life, price, wet weather performance, snow performance, dry performance, braking, handling, road noise, warranty, fuel economy, etc. There are hundreds of tires to choose from.
Further, Yokoma manufactures many different tires for many different needs and purposes. Not just any Yokohama tire is going to be a, "good fit".
Again, what is most important to you? Tread life, price, wet weather performance, snow performance, dry performance, braking, handling, road noise, warranty, fuel economy, etc. There are hundreds of tires to choose from.
I have been in the tire industry for many years and am familiar with a wide range of tires from Bridgestone, Michelin, Firestone, Yokohama, Goodyear, B.F.Goodrich, Kelly Springfield, Pirelli, Dunlop, General, etc., as I have sold all of these tire brands to my customers.
Out of all those tires, I have chosen the Bridestone Ecopia EP422 and it has been an excellent tire for me. The handling and braking is very good. They are whisper quiet and ride well. I have had no problems in the rain, but I don't drive like a mad-man in the rain either, as I believe that's just asking to hydroplane and crash. I always take it easy in the rain and slow down. The Ecopia's have a special high-silica rubber compound that greatly enhances rain and winter traction and I'd say 99% of all season tires don't offer this technology. Only the better, higher priced tires offer this and even then, few do. I live on the side of a mountain and my Ecopia's have never let me down in the snow. But again, I use reason and realize that an all season tire of any kind is not going to be great in deep snow. If the snow is deep, I don't drive. Period. If the roads are snow covered, I drive slowly, as in 20-25 mph. I don't try to go blasting along a snow covered road at 30 mph +, crash and then blame the tires for my own stupidity. A lot of people do this very thing and they present a danger to everyone else on the road. :blink::thumbdown:
The nicest benefit to the Bridgestone Ecopia is they pay for themselves in improved fuel economy. On one section of highway I frequent, there is a long hill and shifting into Neutral and coasting before I had the Ecopia's on my car, it would slow down. After installing the Ecopia's, the car sped up. My gas mileage logs document a 1.5 - 2.0 mpg increase thanks to the Bridgestone Ecopia's and that saves me over $100 a year in improved fuel economy. :thumbup1:
Tire Rack has the Ecopia's for $101 each plus UPS, but then you have to pay for mounting, balancing and rotations. If you purchase your Ecopia's at a local Firestone/Bridestone store, then subsequent rotating and rebalancing is no charge, which is a nice benefit in extending tire life and saving you money. Local Firestone/Bridgestone stores usually offer very competitive pricing vs. Tire Rack, as there's no shipping charges and no mounting charges as there is with Tire Rack. Here is the link for the Firestone/Bridgestone store locator -
http://www.firestonetire.com/?lw_cmp=SEM_FST_Brand_Firestone&SEM=yes#
You can even get a Firestone credit card that provides you six months interest free financing on any purchase over $299, which can help budget a tire purchase or auto repairs. Nice! :thumbsup:
Bridgestone manufactures some of the best tires in the world, bar none. I know I'm riding on quality tires with Bridgestone, so that peace of mind is also very nice. No one tire can do it all, there are always compromises that one must make in tire performance. If we want stellar snow traction, fuel economy will suffer and the tire will be noisy. If we want stellar fuel economy and a quiet ride, snow traction will suffer, etc. A happy balance has to be found, which is why there are so many different tire choices to fill the needs of many different drivers in many different driving conditions. I have found the Bridgestone Ecopia to be a very good balance of all the different area's of tire performance. All in all, a very pleasing tire. Below is the Tire Rack link to the Bridgestone Ecopia. You sill see the Tire Rack survey results rank this tire as excellent straight across the board, except in deep snow traction, which is still ranked as, "good". Again, a very well balanced tire in all respects.
With any consumer reviews, please keep in mind that the vast majority of them are written by untrained, unprofessional people. They may mean well, but the vast majority of them don't have a clue what they are talking about. Typical Tire Rack reviews I read are along the lines of, "I put brand X tires on my car and they were terrible! They didn't even last 25,000 miles, became very noisy the more I drove on them and I couldn't wait to get them off of the car! I installed brand Y tires and they were much better!" Well if you don't have an alignment done on the car and don't rotate and rebalance the tires every 6,000 miles or six months, no the tires wont last long and they will cup causing the tire to become very noisy. Then installing any brand of new tires will solve that problem. Another common one is along the lines of, "When I had brand X tires installed on my car, the vibration on the highway was driving me crazy so I returned them for brand Y and it solved the problem!". It's not the tires fault if it's not balanced properly. A lack of owner maintenance and care is not the tires fault!
Below is the link to the Bridgestone Ecopia page at Tire Rack -
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...autoYear=2010&autoModel=Corolla&autoModClar=S
Here is the link for this tire on the Bridgestone website -
http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tire/ecopia-ep422-eco
Below are a few very interesting videos on the Bridgestone Ecopia -
This will tell you something about the high-silica rubber compound technology that Bridgestone uses in the Ecopia -
Bridgestone Ecopia technology tested with Toyota Corolla's -
Bridgestone Ecopia technology explained. Keep in mind, the model of Ecopia in this video is sold in Australia where they don't have to deal with snow. The Ecopia EP422 is for North America use where we have snow to contend with. The Ecopia technology is the same in both models of Ecopia tires -
I hope this helps answer your tire question.:thumbsup:
Out of all those tires, I have chosen the Bridestone Ecopia EP422 and it has been an excellent tire for me. The handling and braking is very good. They are whisper quiet and ride well. I have had no problems in the rain, but I don't drive like a mad-man in the rain either, as I believe that's just asking to hydroplane and crash. I always take it easy in the rain and slow down. The Ecopia's have a special high-silica rubber compound that greatly enhances rain and winter traction and I'd say 99% of all season tires don't offer this technology. Only the better, higher priced tires offer this and even then, few do. I live on the side of a mountain and my Ecopia's have never let me down in the snow. But again, I use reason and realize that an all season tire of any kind is not going to be great in deep snow. If the snow is deep, I don't drive. Period. If the roads are snow covered, I drive slowly, as in 20-25 mph. I don't try to go blasting along a snow covered road at 30 mph +, crash and then blame the tires for my own stupidity. A lot of people do this very thing and they present a danger to everyone else on the road. :blink::thumbdown:
The nicest benefit to the Bridgestone Ecopia is they pay for themselves in improved fuel economy. On one section of highway I frequent, there is a long hill and shifting into Neutral and coasting before I had the Ecopia's on my car, it would slow down. After installing the Ecopia's, the car sped up. My gas mileage logs document a 1.5 - 2.0 mpg increase thanks to the Bridgestone Ecopia's and that saves me over $100 a year in improved fuel economy. :thumbup1:
Tire Rack has the Ecopia's for $101 each plus UPS, but then you have to pay for mounting, balancing and rotations. If you purchase your Ecopia's at a local Firestone/Bridestone store, then subsequent rotating and rebalancing is no charge, which is a nice benefit in extending tire life and saving you money. Local Firestone/Bridgestone stores usually offer very competitive pricing vs. Tire Rack, as there's no shipping charges and no mounting charges as there is with Tire Rack. Here is the link for the Firestone/Bridgestone store locator -
http://www.firestonetire.com/?lw_cmp=SEM_FST_Brand_Firestone&SEM=yes#
You can even get a Firestone credit card that provides you six months interest free financing on any purchase over $299, which can help budget a tire purchase or auto repairs. Nice! :thumbsup:
Bridgestone manufactures some of the best tires in the world, bar none. I know I'm riding on quality tires with Bridgestone, so that peace of mind is also very nice. No one tire can do it all, there are always compromises that one must make in tire performance. If we want stellar snow traction, fuel economy will suffer and the tire will be noisy. If we want stellar fuel economy and a quiet ride, snow traction will suffer, etc. A happy balance has to be found, which is why there are so many different tire choices to fill the needs of many different drivers in many different driving conditions. I have found the Bridgestone Ecopia to be a very good balance of all the different area's of tire performance. All in all, a very pleasing tire. Below is the Tire Rack link to the Bridgestone Ecopia. You sill see the Tire Rack survey results rank this tire as excellent straight across the board, except in deep snow traction, which is still ranked as, "good". Again, a very well balanced tire in all respects.
With any consumer reviews, please keep in mind that the vast majority of them are written by untrained, unprofessional people. They may mean well, but the vast majority of them don't have a clue what they are talking about. Typical Tire Rack reviews I read are along the lines of, "I put brand X tires on my car and they were terrible! They didn't even last 25,000 miles, became very noisy the more I drove on them and I couldn't wait to get them off of the car! I installed brand Y tires and they were much better!" Well if you don't have an alignment done on the car and don't rotate and rebalance the tires every 6,000 miles or six months, no the tires wont last long and they will cup causing the tire to become very noisy. Then installing any brand of new tires will solve that problem. Another common one is along the lines of, "When I had brand X tires installed on my car, the vibration on the highway was driving me crazy so I returned them for brand Y and it solved the problem!". It's not the tires fault if it's not balanced properly. A lack of owner maintenance and care is not the tires fault!
Below is the link to the Bridgestone Ecopia page at Tire Rack -
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...autoYear=2010&autoModel=Corolla&autoModClar=S
Here is the link for this tire on the Bridgestone website -
http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tire/ecopia-ep422-eco
Below are a few very interesting videos on the Bridgestone Ecopia -
This will tell you something about the high-silica rubber compound technology that Bridgestone uses in the Ecopia -
Bridgestone Ecopia technology tested with Toyota Corolla's -
Bridgestone Ecopia technology explained. Keep in mind, the model of Ecopia in this video is sold in Australia where they don't have to deal with snow. The Ecopia EP422 is for North America use where we have snow to contend with. The Ecopia technology is the same in both models of Ecopia tires -
I hope this helps answer your tire question.:thumbsup:
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