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The guy from the shop who installed my new tires said his Ford Ranger tires wore out in about 6k miles. My Tacoma's tires lasted almost 50k. Sometimes car manuf

by vinyl7 3y ago

The guy from the shop who installed my new tires said his Ford Ranger tires wore out in about 6k miles. My Tacoma's tires lasted almost 50k. Sometimes car manufacturers cheap out on factory tires

pengaru 3y ago
> The guy from the shop who installed my new tires said his Ford Ranger tires wore out in about 6k miles. My Tacoma's tires lasted almost 50k. Sometimes car manufacturers cheap out on factory tires TFA is about a Rivian with high-end Pirelli tires, this is not a mfr cheaping out situation. It's clearly an alignment issue, which is not surprising at all when it's related to a deliberate ride height change. Vehicles with independent suspension tend to have "bump steer", which varies toe with suspension travel. When the vehicle is designed to operate for sustained periods at substantially different ride heights, its suspension geometry has to adapt to these modes or it'll exhibit crap like this.
- porkbeer 3y ago
  Fwiw, i have found Pirelli to be overpriced, overhyped, and underperforming. Dunlop, michilen, and continental all surpass them in quality, price, and performance. They seem to still be riding their boomer era reputation.
duffyjp 3y ago
Tires make a huge difference in MPG, stopping distance etc. Every economy car I've checked ships with much more expensive tires than you'd probably bother replacing them with since they can eek out an extra MPG or two for the window sticker. When I ran over a nail in my Prius C I swapped the stock tires for the cheapest set the dealer had. It was $80/tire instead of $230. My MPG did go down ever so slightly but when you're talking 51 to 49 who cares, I'd never make that money back in saved gas. They grip better in winter too. 6,000 miles is pretty extreme, but maybe the Ford needed to go with really soft tires to get the handling characteristics they wanted? Going by the Ford we used to own I think their engineers are a make-it-work bunch and don't care too much about longevity (which is too bad, other than horrendous reliability it was a great car).

by vinyl7 3y ago

The guy from the shop who installed my new tires said his Ford Ranger tires wore out in about 6k miles. My Tacoma's tires lasted almost 50k. Sometimes car manufacturers cheap out on factory tires

pengaru 3y ago

> The guy from the shop who installed my new tires said his Ford Ranger tires wore out in about 6k miles. My Tacoma's tires lasted almost 50k. Sometimes car manufacturers cheap out on factory tires TFA is about a Rivian with high-end Pirelli tires, this is not a mfr cheaping out situation. It's clearly an alignment issue, which is not surprising at all when it's related to a deliberate ride height change. Vehicles with independent suspension tend to have "bump steer", which varies toe with suspension travel. When the vehicle is designed to operate for sustained periods at substantially different ride heights, its suspension geometry has to adapt to these modes or it'll exhibit crap like this.

porkbeer 3y ago
Fwiw, i have found Pirelli to be overpriced, overhyped, and underperforming. Dunlop, michilen, and continental all surpass them in quality, price, and performance. They seem to still be riding their boomer era reputation.

duffyjp 3y ago

Tires make a huge difference in MPG, stopping distance etc. Every economy car I've checked ships with much more expensive tires than you'd probably bother replacing them with since they can eek out an extra MPG or two for the window sticker. When I ran over a nail in my Prius C I swapped the stock tires for the cheapest set the dealer had. It was $80/tire instead of $230. My MPG did go down ever so slightly but when you're talking 51 to 49 who cares, I'd never make that money back in saved gas. They grip better in winter too. 6,000 miles is pretty extreme, but maybe the Ford needed to go with really soft tires to get the handling characteristics they wanted? Going by the Ford we used to own I think their engineers are a make-it-work bunch and don't care too much about longevity (which is too bad, other than horrendous reliability it was a great car).