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267 messages, Last post on Nov 13, 2009 at 3:04 PM
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I am just a shade over 23K miles and am within a few K miles of replacement...briefly looked at my options; if you want to stay with the OEM 215's you are probably stuck....Pirelli has an PZero and there is an older Michelin option as well but its a non-pilot...walked out the door  266$ per tire including taxes/labor etc. Has anyone on here jumped to a 225 size?...if so did you go to a 45 or 40 series tire?
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My daughter and sister-in-law bought new Mazda3s in the past year. Daughter drove 20,000 miles in 10 months. We noticed a thrum-thrum sound. It turned out her tires are wearing unevenly. We checked alignment and it was fine. AFTER we took it back to dealer, we found out that tires warrantee is for 12,000 miles. Sister-in-law's Mazda3 only has 10,000 miles and shows same problem. Took it to dealer who says alignment must be the problem. If he can stall us for another 2,000 miles, this car will also be out of tire warrantee. Dealer could not refer us to a Kansas City location which will honor the warrantee on the Mazda tires. We are NOT happy campers. I have NEVER heard of a tire with such a low mileage warrantee.
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Replying to: txg60 (Apr 25, 2008 12:11 pm) |
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I have a two week old Mazda 3S GT with Goodyear V-Rated 205/50/17's. As usual for a Goodyear tire, the handle alright, but I really hate the road noise. I have driven vehicles both large and small and for the last 20 or so years relied on Michelin tires. with only 1500 miles on the clock, I already hate the road noise on anything except really fine asphalt. Even the Mazda service department has told me that these tires will be doing well to get 24,000 miles before needing replacement. Is it too much to ask that I want wet and dry traction, great handling, reasonable tread life and a quite ride. I don't need to drive 149 miles per hour (V-Rated Tires) and I have been told that the car has a top end limiter set at 120 anyway. Can someone give me a recount of their replacement experiences that turned out well.
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Replying to: tallcity (May 31, 2008 11:06 am) |
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| Just released, this Ultra High Performance Tire is designed for high grip in wet and dry plus decent mileage. The UTOG rating is 340 AA so it is softer and higher performing than the G009 but better wearing than the RE050. Plus you get Bridgestone's latest technology and tread pattern. Looks like a great tire to me. | |
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Replying to: pthirth (May 22, 2008 6:13 pm) The rear wheels have a negative camber that can cause the inside edges of the tires to wear excessively. The problem could also be exaserbated if you routinely carry a lot of extra weight in the rear seat and trunk because the wheels tilt progressively inward as the rear suspension compresses. When tires wear in this manner, they may begin to cup (develop flat spots) on the inside portion resulting in that thrum-thrum sound you mentioned. Rotating the unevenly worn rear tires to the front, unfortunately, increases the noise level inside and if you rotate them at the dealer recommended intervals, it makes it more difficult to tell if the wear problem is on the front, rear, or both. Before replacing my short-lived OEM tires I had the dealer check the alignment and was informed that the rear camber was not adjustable, only toe in, and it was normal for the tires to wear unevenly on this car and blah blah blah just live with it. I've searched through various discussions here and elsewhere but have been unable find any solution. Mostly just confirmation of what the dealer told me. The only suggestion I could make at this time is to make sure that your alignment is adjusted to spec and be religious about checking your tire pressure. The 12000 mile tire warranty does seem a bit pathetic, even for soft compound performance rated tire. But it's probably a non-issue unless you can show the uneven wear is being caused by defective tires rather than the car. Good luck.
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Are you talking about the economy car, a Mazda 3 sedan? Or does "M3" mean M3 as in BMW? If you're talking about the Mazda, just get a good set of tires, make sure it is set to factory specs for alignment. It will be fine.
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Replying to: indydriver (Jun 13, 2008 4:30 pm) Agreed. On most of the other boards the econobox Mazda 3 is called "MZ3", and the hot hatch Mazdaspeed3 is known as the "MS3". There is only ONE M3, and it isn't built by Mazda. As for tires, the OEM Bridgestone 050As on my MS3 are still wearing evenly at 18,300 miles. Well, three of them are anyway; the LR tire was taken out by a nail in the inner sidewall. I'm spending a few days at Putnam Park in a few weeks so I'll report back on how well they do after several hours of hot laps...
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