Stock Tires

cansv
01-16-2006, 04:10 PM
What make and model are the stock tires and how do they rate for all-season tires?

Webwader
01-16-2006, 04:57 PM
They are Michelin LTX M/S and they are great all around tires, quiet yet have very good traction and really good wear characteristics.

k757
01-16-2006, 05:08 PM
Just don't take Webwader at his word, look at the survey results (from users) on tirerack.com.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=LTX+M%2FS&vehicleSearch=true&partnum=465SR7LTXV2&fromCompare1=yes

They also have the most miles logged, by far, of any of the tires in the class.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=HAS

Ultra-HOG
01-16-2006, 05:33 PM
Welcome aboard cansv! I can tell you that they are excellent tires on dry pavement, even better in the rain, and outstanding (when attached to a Ridgeline) in the snow. I research and then always put the best tires on my vehicles that I can possibly find. When these wear out I don't see any reason to replace them with anything different. The Ridgeline is the first vehicle that I have ever owned in the past 35 years that I have even considered doing that. Honda did not put cheap tires on this truck. I believe that they put the best tires on it and the performance shows that it was worth it.

5S Dude
01-16-2006, 06:15 PM
Welcome aboard cansv! I can tell you that they are excellent tires on dry pavement, even better in the rain, and outstanding (when attached to a Ridgeline) in the snow. I research and then always put the best tires on my vehicles that I can possibly find. When these wear out I don't see any reason to replace them with anything different. The Ridgeline is the first vehicle that I have ever owned in the past 35 years that I have even considered doing that. Honda did not put cheap tires on this truck. I believe that they put the best tires on it and the performance shows that it was worth it.

I concur with UH, These tires are great in all situations thus far.

winters ridge
01-16-2006, 06:52 PM
i agree that Honda put very good tires on the RL
i had a set of LTX's on my Toyota and my Ford ad put 70K on the toyota and it was still going and 65K on the Ford and it was at about 70%
i would not say they are mud monsters but basic off road and snow they work great.
On road performance they stick very well with little to no road noise.
A+ rating:)

swampler
01-16-2006, 08:18 PM
I put the same tires on my previous truck. They're expensive when it's time to replace them, but well worth it.

basils
01-16-2006, 08:37 PM
Yep, I must concur that these tires are some of the very best I've ever had....especially as stock from the manufacturer. My wifes CR-V, on the other hand, came with some of the very worst tires I've ever ridden on. They were Bridgestone tires. These Micheline's (oops, French company) on the Ridge are truly great tires and I'll probably replace them with same when needed.

k757
01-17-2006, 08:40 PM
I went down to my local Discount Tire http://www.discounttire.com and bought their tire replacement warranty, which includes lifetime balance and rotate. It cost $140. I have had many good interactions with them on different vehicles and they always went above and beyond for me.