The Michelin LTX's that came stock on my RTX are in a word "outstanding" I called Tire Rack to ask about PIAA lights and just asked about the price. The Tire Rack saleman said that to expect the tires to be discontinued soon. When I further and asked him to define "soon" I was told with with in 18 months. Sooo my question is....should I buy 4 tires and store them in my garage? Also how long can I store the tires. Is this a prudent thing to do or just wait to what ever replaces the LTX. Thanks in Advance.
I have over 2/3 tread left on mine after 16K miles and would love to sell them to buy something beefier. I know they are good tires, but I want something more agressive but cannot bring myself to waste a perfectly good tire, but at this rate it will be two more years before I can get the tires I want. I dont know what I could get for them though or if anyone would be interested.
I too question the truth in the dicontinuance statement. I have been using these exact same tires for almost 10 years (8 years on F150 and 2 on RL) and see no reason for Michelin to pull the plug on a well received product. However, if Michelin does retire the model, there are quite a few replacement brands out there now available for our size tire and this was not the case a couple of years ago.. Take a look at the very highly rated Goodyear triple tracks that Tire Rack has as the #1 overall All-weather tire in the Michelin class. Michelin LTX was about #8 in overall ratings in that class, but still it received strong ratings on average across all catagories tested.
Take a look at the very highly rated Goodyear triple tracks that Tire Rack has as the #1 overall All-weather tire in the Michelin class. Michelin LTX was about #8 in overall ratings in that class, but still it received strong ratings on average across all catagories tested.
I have used both the Goodyear's TripleTred and the ComfortTred. TripleTred was on a '99 V6 Accord, WOW what a tire! It turned my sedan into a performance car. I was able to take corners faster than I ever thought the car could and the way it sucked up puddles/wet roads... AMAZING! I LOVE THIS TIRE! I am not going to look it up, but I thought they only went up to a certain tire size, which didn't include the OEM for the Ridgeline. But don't quote me on that
The ComfortTred has had people complain about uneven wear and even I had some issues with it on my previous '03 Chevy Tracker convertible (235/60x16) so I will not get that one again. After a short period of time, I would get unbalance issues, it was a recurring problem.