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- Joined
- Nov 6, 2003
- Location
- Northern Virginia
- TDI
- '04 Jetta GLS TDI Pumpe Duce Platinum Grey w/ Leather
First off Costco is offering $60 off a set of Michelin tires WITHOUT their coupon, until early November. Its right on their home page. This may be a good time to get a membership (its free) if you want Michelins and if Costco is in your locale:
http://www.costco.com/HOME.aspx
I plan to take advantage of this, since I need new tires.
I plan on getting either the Primacy MXV4 or the Energy MXV4 S8. I am leaning towards the Primacy. Both are within a dollar, pricewise. $119 vs. $120 each, plus $10 mounting/balancling fee.
I figure the Primacy will be about $100 less, over the life of the tires. I also think the Primacy will handle at least as good, and probally better, than the Energy tire.
A visit to the Michelin web site reveals that the Primacy has a tread life of 620 and the Energy tread life is 440. Both tires cary an "A" for traction and temperature. To me this indicates the Primacy will have a 40% longer tread life. I assume this to be about 80,000 - 90,000 miles AT LEAST (since I have 75,000 miles on the Energys that are on the car now and they are almost to the wear bars). A also am assuming that the Energys will save at most 2% in fuel, due to slightly lower rolling resistance. If I calculate the numbers, I get a savings of about $100 going with the Primacys. I used $3.10 per gallon for diesel fuel and get about 32 gallons of fuel saved over the life of the tires, if Energys are bought. That's not a whole lot. Compare this to the cost savings of the longer life Primacys and you get about $500 tire cost (40% more life) = $200 - fuel savings of 32 gal. X $3.10/gallon = $101
Any thoughts? Which tire would you buy?
Tx.
--Nate
http://www.costco.com/HOME.aspx
I plan to take advantage of this, since I need new tires.
I plan on getting either the Primacy MXV4 or the Energy MXV4 S8. I am leaning towards the Primacy. Both are within a dollar, pricewise. $119 vs. $120 each, plus $10 mounting/balancling fee.
I figure the Primacy will be about $100 less, over the life of the tires. I also think the Primacy will handle at least as good, and probally better, than the Energy tire.
A visit to the Michelin web site reveals that the Primacy has a tread life of 620 and the Energy tread life is 440. Both tires cary an "A" for traction and temperature. To me this indicates the Primacy will have a 40% longer tread life. I assume this to be about 80,000 - 90,000 miles AT LEAST (since I have 75,000 miles on the Energys that are on the car now and they are almost to the wear bars). A also am assuming that the Energys will save at most 2% in fuel, due to slightly lower rolling resistance. If I calculate the numbers, I get a savings of about $100 going with the Primacys. I used $3.10 per gallon for diesel fuel and get about 32 gallons of fuel saved over the life of the tires, if Energys are bought. That's not a whole lot. Compare this to the cost savings of the longer life Primacys and you get about $500 tire cost (40% more life) = $200 - fuel savings of 32 gal. X $3.10/gallon = $101
Any thoughts? Which tire would you buy?
Tx.
--Nate
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