Need new tires

[ssstealth]

Originally Posted by Lifer

I have reviewed my owners manual (I RTFM!) and can not find reference to your comment.

Please advise where in the manual I can find re-calibration can be done with the NAV system using GPS data.

Page 2-61 and 2-62 of the Navigation Manual

[LITTLEELVISDAN]

I had Goodyear F-1's on my S2000 and they were crap for the price.
I also had Yoko's and those were OK.
I also had a set of Pirelli P0' marshmellows and hated them.
I also had a set of Bridgestone S03 Pole Position's and those were good.
I also had a set of Kuhmo ESTCA's. 1/2 the price of everything else and had no traction after 2k and were loud. (you get what you pay for)
I had BFG KDW II's and really liked those.
BUT the best performance tire I ever put on was my set of Toyo T1-R's. great in wet and dry and were the same price as the F-1's.
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BTW a S2000 goes through a set of rears every 10k and a set of fronts 20k, so I went through a lot of tires in 80k of owning it. SO I
am glad to see people are getting 25k out of a set of tires on the V.

[VelocitySTSV]

So did anyone ever come up with another brand of run flat tires that compare to the Pirelli's?

[RedGalant2k1]

Originally Posted by VelocitySTSV

So did anyone ever come up with another brand of run flat tires that compare to the Pirelli's?

There is a 255/45-18 and 285/35-19 Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 EMT/RunOnFlat tire combo you can use.

[z06bigbird]

Forget the donut in the trunk. If you need towing, truck will take 3 hrs on a good day.

I buy a real spare for every car that I own. Just bought a polished 17 on ebay for $52 plus $20 shipping. Like new. Plus a tire.

I don't leave home without a FULL SIZE SPARE. (and a short hydraulic jack and two pieces of 2 X 4 for chocks.) Check your local housing construction sites.

[RedGalant2k1]

Originally Posted by z06bigbird

Forget the donut in the trunk. If you need towing, truck will take 3 hrs on a good day.

I buy a real spare for every car that I own. Just bought a polished 17 on ebay for $52 plus $20 shipping. Like new. Plus a tire.

I don't leave home without a FULL SIZE SPARE. (and a short hydraulic jack and two pieces of 2 X 4 for chocks.) Check your local housing construction sites.

No 17" wheel will fit a STSV.

[BMBSALES]

Originally Posted by ssstealth

The STS-V does not require a PCM change for tire size. The re-calibration can be done with the NAV system using GPS data.

Check your manual... there is a procedure for calibrating new tires and the speedometer.

i'm PRETTY sure this is inaccurate, as the car has two speed feeds...one to the nav, and one directly to speedo. they are two separate circuits, and i don't think you can calibrate your speedo in this manner, but rather only by programming pcm. this just recalibrates speed/distance of nav.

[TC-STS-V]

I too am looking into replacements on my 06 STS-V. 16k since 2/06 and it looks like they will need to go sometime this winter. The Pirellis are downright dangerous in snow. I usually park the V at any sign of snow and drive a 4x4 but I got caught in a 1/2" dusting last year and almost hit a pole making a left turn at an intersection at about 20-25 mph. The wheel said left but the car went straight. Its a terrible feeling sliding toward a pole so slow you can almost get out of the car but you just cant stop it. It was just a dusting but I couldn't put power down at all. It scared the s*** out of me just limping it to my office. To humor my employees I has doing snow donuts just off idle.

I was looking to see what tire people have the best luck with in dry and rain (I do drive it in the rain) snow is not a concern. I have had Michelin's on cars and they rode like Fred Flintstones tires, had Yoko on a V10 ram and they were sticky in the rain even with no weight in the box.

I can wait till spring since I don't do much winter driving with the V but now is the time to do my homework.

Thanks,
Tom

[LITTLEELVISDAN]

I think most people settled on the Eagle F-1's. I will probably switch to them on my next set unless another tire maker comes out with a set in our sizes.

[Curious George]

Originally Posted by ssstealth

DO NOT put "Fix-A-Flat" in a tire with a pressure monitoring system! This may harm the sensor....

One more thing about "Fix-A-Flat" and other such "Instant Mobility Kits": use it and lose the tire. The sealing goop alters the chemistry of the tire's inner lining so that patches won't stick. My previous daily driver was a Mazda RX-8 which, when I bought mine in 2003, came standard with an Instant Mobility Kit (goop, air pump, and fittings), and no spare. After reading the 17-page procedure in the owner's manual (some "instant", huh?) I encountered a bold-faced warning to the effect that a re-inflated tire would be rendered unrepairable and would have to be replaced. My local tire store confirmed the sad truth.

The Mazda's OE tires were $225 + tax and tip each, so I pointed out to the Mazda "customer care" folks that their Instant Mobility Kit effectively upped the cost of repairing a puncture by $200. They sent me a $250 coupon toward the dealer-installed price of the optional spare tire.

[JDG]

On my second set of Yoko's - ADVAN S4's. I replaced them after about 22K miles; a little early but winter is coming on. Probably could have gotten 27K out of them. I'm happy with them in the rain and light snow. I put around 700 miles a week on them in high speed highway use and have never felt uncomfrortable in any reasonable set of conditions. An STS-V will never be an SUV but the previous poster was right - the Pirelli's are a hazard. They really shouldn't be OEM equipment for this car.

[NC STS-V]

I don't have any complaints about the Pirelli's. I have about 6k miles, and by now I had already replaced the stock Goodyear F1 EMT's that were OEM on the CTS-V!

I don't have to worry about snow, but I have found the Pirelli's to be capable in rain and a very good dry tire. I had the car on the track recently and was very impressed with cornering on the Pirelli's. My only complaint was that they are loud! They squeal way before they have reached their limit. I had a number of people comment on how well the V handled at VIR despite the tires howling!

On the CTS-V I replaced the F1 EMT's with GSD3's. They were a good set of tires and they lasted much longer than the F1's, but they didn't provide the same level of dry traction.

When it is time for me to do tires I will seriously consider the OEM Pirelli's unless someone has found a tire with equivalent dry traction.

Ron

[BMBSALES]

Originally Posted by Curious George

One more thing about "Fix-A-Flat" and other such "Instant Mobility Kits": use it and lose the tire. The sealing goop alters the chemistry of the tire's inner lining so that patches won't stick. My previous daily driver was a Mazda RX-8 which, when I bought mine in 2003, came standard with an Instant Mobility Kit (goop, air pump, and fittings), and no spare. After reading the 17-page procedure in the owner's manual (some "instant", huh?) I encountered a bold-faced warning to the effect that a re-inflated tire would be rendered unrepairable and would have to be replaced. My local tire store confirmed the sad truth.

i really think that stranded with a flat, this is the least of your problems. i've never had a problem using fix a flat, with the tire afterwards. nor would i worry about a sensor that is replaceable. i carry a can in all my vehicles.

[Kadonny]

Originally Posted by NC STS-V

I don't have any complaints about the Pirelli's. I have about 6k miles, and by now I had already replaced the stock Goodyear F1 EMT's that were OEM on the CTS-V!

I don't have to worry about snow, but I have found the Pirelli's to be capable in rain and a very good dry tire. I had the car on the track recently and was very impressed with cornering on the Pirelli's. My only complaint was that they are loud! They squeal way before they have reached their limit. I had a number of people comment on how well the V handled at VIR despite the tires howling!

On the CTS-V I replaced the F1 EMT's with GSD3's. They were a good set of tires and they lasted much longer than the F1's, but they didn't provide the same level of dry traction.

When it is time for me to do tires I will seriously consider the OEM Pirelli's unless someone has found a tire with equivalent dry traction.

Ron

Ron, the GSD3s provide more dry and wet traction than the stock Pirellis on the STS-V, no questions asked.

And nothing will equal the F1 supercar EMTs traction, those tires have no equivalent.

[NC STS-V]

Originally Posted by Kadonny

Ron, the GSD3s provide more dry and wet traction than the stock Pirellis on the STS-V, no questions asked.

And nothing will equal the F1 supercar EMTs traction, those tires have no equivalent.

Thanks Kadonny, I'll keep that in mind when it's time for tires - hopefully not too soon!

How long did your Pirellis last on your V?