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#184 of 223 Re: Expected Battery Life? [rpfingsten] by smudgy2 Oct 12, 2008 (4:48 am)
Replying to: rpfingsten (Sep 04, 2008 1:39 am) Our 2005 Avy experienced a sudden battery failure after 3years and four months. This happened at a busy gas station while on vacation in Alabama. Helpful teens gave us a jumper start. The battery was a sealed type, with a little "eye" to view battery condition. Even after it died the little eye indicated a happy green color. Replaced it with a Ever Start Maxx 24fs. Later found out Consumer Reports was highly favorable to this brand. Bottom Line: Modern batteries that come with a new auto are not what they used to be and they may go out without any warning.
#185 of 223 Re: Expected Battery Life? [rpfingsten] by dljandk Oct 21, 2008 (3:58 am)
Replying to: rpfingsten (Sep 04, 2008 1:39 am) got 3 yrs 3mos (80k miles) on the stock battery in my 05 touring model. as described elswhere, it gives no warning - started fine on way to dinner, so dead it wouldn't pop the trunk after dinner. luckily was a mile from home so could walk home and get the 2nd car. Not sure what to look for, but my battery had a LOT of corrosion around the terminals. much more than my older chevy. Dont know what that means but thats what I noticed. Good Luck, YMMV by the way - jumped it, drove it home, was dead after that. "eye" was black Replies to this message: fin (Oct 21, 2008 4:50 am)
#186 of 223 Re: Expected Battery Life? [dljandk] by fin Oct 21, 2008 (4:50 am)
Replying to: dljandk (Oct 21, 2008 3:58 am) About 3 years is all you can safely expect from the OE battery. Anything beyond that is borrowed time.   The high level of corrosion is typical of all Avalons. Keep the terminals clean for maximum performance. And the "eye" on a battery is not much help as even when the eyes are green the car still may not start. These subjects have been covered many times in other Avalon forums.   Enjoy your Avalon..
#187 of 223 Nexen Tires - Update by fin Nov 07, 2008 (7:13 pm)
After 3k miles on our '07 Limited with our usual suburban driving conditions these tires are every bit as good as Michelins. No discernable difference in performance in wet or dry and no visable tire wear or road hazard damage. And the nice ride has even improved with mileage. So far the tires are a bargain at half the cost of the MXV4's. Will post again when rotated..... Replies to this message: 55396 (Nov 07, 2008 8:50 pm)
#188 of 223 Re: Nexen Tires - Update [fin] by 55396 Nov 07, 2008 (8:50 pm)
Replying to: fin (Nov 07, 2008 7:13 pm) I just had the mag wheels pulled off my wifes 03 and the stock steel wheels out back on with 2 new Goodyear Allegra's $78.04) at Sams. My wife didn't notice, but I immediately heard and felt just a slight pulsation in the steering wheel at 65 and 70. I called them back and explained that we were leaving on an 1800 mile trip, and even a slight problem would wear into a bigger problem. They said they had just received a notice about an out of round? condition on the latest batch, and suggested BF Goodrich. I declined. I really like Allegra's. 'Bring it right back.' They mounted 5 tires before they found one they were satisfied with and now all is fine. They are returning the rest of their stock for replacement. Any product can have problems. What is telling is how they handle it. My question was why didn't they detect it when they spun it up, but it was probably in spec, but not perfect. Now, we're talking about judgement by the tech that did the job. Again, most people wouldn't even notice.
#189 of 223 We tried Yokohama and they did not cut it by yanker Nov 12, 2008 (7:19 pm)
The Yokohama Avid went about 40000 miles but the last few were not great very noisy. Yoko's did not do as well as Michelin in snow and ice in upstate New York Back to Michelin
#190 of 223 General Altimax HP by carreraken Dec 10, 2008 (2:34 pm)
Anyone have experience with General tire Altimax HP? Tire Rack seems to rate them highly. I have 205/60/16 on my 02 XL.
#191 of 223 Avalon & Cooper Tires by pasqvinc Dec 31, 2008 (7:17 pm)
anyone have any experience with cooper tires - good,bad or indifferent? Replies to this message: tfelton (Jan 02, 2009 8:11 pm)
#192 of 223 Re: Avalon & Cooper Tires [pasqvinc] by tfelton Jan 02, 2009 (8:11 pm)
Replying to: pasqvinc (Dec 31, 2008 7:17 pm) I had Cooper tires on a Taurus. I couldn't keep them in balance. I got ride of them after 20,000 miles.
#193 of 223 Goodyear Assurance TripleTred by tfelton Jan 04, 2009 (9:37 am)
Over the last few years I've put Goodyear Assurance TripleTreds on my cars ('05 Nissan Sentra, '98 Sienna, '08 Avalon). I haven't been sorry. They're excellent in rain, which we have a lot of in Arkansas, and just recently proved good in snow. I was in northern Utah over Christmas when they got some big snow storms. I had no trouble driving around and at one point I was going up a steep hill when the car in front of me started to slip and slide off to the side of the road; however, I went steadily up without a problem. Also, a bus couldn't make the hill. I'm sure they're not as quite as other tires but I think road conditions dictate noise more. On a really smooth road I find them quite acceptable. One note, I put 34 pounds in my tires and have for as long as I can remember. Replies to this message: 55396 (Jan 04, 2009 5:41 pm)

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