5/12/12 Arriving at 11am for my appointment, was greeted at the parking lot as we got out of the car (very impressive). Told him I had an appointment for tire change, and led inside to a write up area. After checking I was informed the tires I ordered were sold to another customer, but they are willing to offer me upgraded tires for the same price as my original.
They are offering a set of Yokohama YK580 for $300, a discount over $100 off their web pricing. I had did some research before coming in and knew the Yokohama's tread life at 580 is substantially higher than my original choice (but at $105/tire + other charges I opted for the cheaper choice), BTW these tires were made in the USA. I gladly accepted the offer. My out the door price remained at $401.
While waiting for the tire change at the waiting area, we were standing next to the window watching them changing tires on several cars. The workers are working in teams of two, from dismounting tires, removing, mounting, balancing, they work flawless together getting the tire change in about 10 minutes.
The professionalism of the worker there were second to none, everything I can see is very businesslike and serious. I really enjoy watching their attitude towards work, don't usually see that anymore. This is my second time coming in for a set of new tires, and will come back again. In case you are wondering it is the America's tire in Turlock CA.
Back to the tires, on the way home they seem a bit louder than the Michelin's I had, but I will let my wife be the judge of it. Current mileage approx 163600.
Impression after two weeks
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With about 1000 miles on the tires we noticed the tires handles a little slower than the Michelin Exalto A/S we had before. But the road noise is less than the Michelin. We encounter softer bumps on car when the tires hitting the potholes and cracks on the freeway. The slower handling is not a big deal, after all we are not driving a sport car. Over all these are very good tires for the money. Will be taking a trip to LA this memorial day weekend, and we are expecting a comfortable ride down I-5.
Update 7/26/12
We had these tires for over two month and almost 5000 mi now, they seem to hold up quite well, no uneven wears and ride quality is very good. I check the tire pressure every week, they seem to lose about 1 psi of pressure every two week. I have been topping up off on the air every 4 weeks from 31 to 33 psi. So remember to check them at least every month. We will take the car in for re-balance and rotation next week.
Update 8/17/2013
Had a flat tire on the freeway today. I kept driving until I was able to find a clear spot to change to the spare, in doing so the side wall was damaged. Luckily I purchase tire replacement warranty and was able to get a new replacement that same day from America's Tire. Total cost was $15 for the warranty on the new tire. Mileage was 1966XX.
Update 2/1/2015
Almost one and a half years had passed since my last update. I have been doing tire rotations every 7-9000 miles at America's Tire at Turlock CA at no charge. Current mileage is 244XXX. Tire are wearing close to the indicator line. As of now I have put on 81K on these tires ( 3 of them ). They had pretty live up to the expectation as 85000 mile tires. Most of our driving are freeway at cruising speed 70 -73, without much drama. Almost time to look for another set of tires.
This is the third set of tires we been through. OEM was Dunlop SP31 which last about 61000 mi. Second set was Michelin's Pilot Exalto A/S which last 102000 miles. At out of the door price of $550, my per mile cost would be at $0.0055. With Estimate mileage of 85000 for the Yokohama, my cost would be $0.0049/mi.
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| Groves in the center of the tire are wearing down |
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| Almost at the wear bar indicator |
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| This was the replacement tire which had about 50000 mi |
6/13/2015
Made an appoint with America's Tire in Union City CA online for 8 am. Arriving right at 8 am, although we were on time, the shop was already in business, with 4 out of 5 bays already filled with cars for services.
Upon checking in with great service as we have come to expect from this tire shop chain. Our mileage was 255178. which make this set of Yokohama YK580 last us 91578 miles. This is a 60,000 mi rated tires. We definitely got our money worth on this set of tires.
Our out of door price was $599 which includes a certificate for free replacement for 3 years.. We also received a rebate for $60 visa gift card for which we need to sent in.
Over all a good experiences, This is the fourth set of tires for our 07 Honda Fit,
