New Tires = Very, Very Poor Mileage
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Re: New Tires = Very, Very Poor Mileage
Is this what you got:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=9
If so, it's in all weather tire and you are ok. But the weight of the tire might be more than what you originally had on it. Anyway, it appears you have an alternate size tire which will do wonders to mpg.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=9
If so, it's in all weather tire and you are ok. But the weight of the tire might be more than what you originally had on it. Anyway, it appears you have an alternate size tire which will do wonders to mpg.
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Re: New Tires = Very, Very Poor Mileage
Is this what you got:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=9
If so, it's in all weather tire and you are ok. But the weight of the tire might be more than what you originally had on it. Anyway, it appears you have an alternate size tire which will do wonders to mpg.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=9
If so, it's in all weather tire and you are ok. But the weight of the tire might be more than what you originally had on it. Anyway, it appears you have an alternate size tire which will do wonders to mpg.
I am having a crash corse in tires today
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Re: New Tires = Very, Very Poor Mileage
Even if this was a heavier (by .5-1 pound) tire, that is not LRR - it could not lead to 10 mpg loss. I have friends who put high performance tires on their HCHI and still only lost 2-3 mpg. If that.
Make sure you all your maintence is up to date.
Make sure you all your maintence is up to date.
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Re: New Tires = Very, Very Poor Mileage
I was wonderering the same thing...why you got M+S tires. But for the tires to such an effect on the mpg???
Don't know. If you swap out the tires, please let us know if your regular mpg returns.
Don't know. If you swap out the tires, please let us know if your regular mpg returns.
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Re: New Tires = Very, Very Poor Mileage
Sorry... if you have an HCH II (I was looking up HCH I, which I have)... then that's the OEM size.
Here are the oem tires that came with the car:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/OETire...cleSearch=true
Last edited by livvie; Feb 16, 2007 at 08:59 AM.
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Re: New Tires = Very, Very Poor Mileage
Shine5555, How was the wears of your old tires, any problems with inside wear? Did your dealer check aligments for all wheels?
I have a 06 HCH and found that my rear wheels have more than 2.4 deg negative cambers but the dealer told me that is still within mfg spec. Which I think its cause my tires wears funny.
I have a 06 HCH and found that my rear wheels have more than 2.4 deg negative cambers but the dealer told me that is still within mfg spec. Which I think its cause my tires wears funny.
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Re: New Tires = Very, Very Poor Mileage
Shine5555, How was the wears of your old tires, any problems with inside wear? Did your dealer check aligments for all wheels?
I have a 06 HCH and found that my rear wheels have more than 2.4 deg negative cambers but the dealer told me that is still within mfg spec. Which I think its cause my tires wears funny.
I have a 06 HCH and found that my rear wheels have more than 2.4 deg negative cambers but the dealer told me that is still within mfg spec. Which I think its cause my tires wears funny.
My tires where bald down the center. The outsides where in great shape. Hope that helps
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Re: New Tires = Very, Very Poor Mileage
Honda agreed to split the tires with us because the tread was very very very uneven. Only the middle of the tire was bald (wires where exposed). Two dealers said this was from not rotating the tires and poor aliment. We had our receipts that we had the tires rotated and aligned at the Honda dealership. After fighting with them, they agreed that we did what was expected of us and “maybe” someone might have forgotten to rotate the tires at the dealership
