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Size: 205/65R15
( 4500 KM of Tire Wear )
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This is a follow-up to my reveiw of 2/17/12, I took the 205/65-15 GSi-5 tires off our Ford Focus SE (with Sport Pkg), after 4,500km.
This was an unusual "winter", with not a lot of snow, and warmer temps, so I was careful to not drive the car hard on warm & dry roads. Still, I was surprised to find that, starting with full new tread depth of 12/32", the rear tires still had 11/32", but the fronts are down to 9/32" of tread left.
This car doesn't understeer much, and given how good this tire is, I wish I'd bought a lower-profile 205/55-16. This size might have helped reduce tire scrubbing around corners/when braking on those warm, dry days. I'm already thinking that I will rotate these tires side to side only, even if they are directional (there a lot of void in the tread design), and not rotate the tires front to back, and then have to replace the fronts only, after just two winters; I can then choose the best of the original four for the rear of the car.
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Size: 155/70R13
(2010 Audi A3 2.0 TDI Base Model With Metal Valve Stems with 1350 KM of Tire Wear )
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wow! so great!!
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Size: 265/70R17
( 10000 KM of Tire Wear )
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Great tire, would buy again
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Size: 205/65R15
(2012 Ford Focus Sedan SE with Sport Package with 1200 KM of Tire Wear )
Anonymous
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A great winter tire, with a lot of technology that really works on warm and cold days, in the dry, wet, snow, slush and ice, starting, stopping, in the corners...everything. When the kids ask which take to use, I say "Take the Focus". There's more sidewall flex in my 65 series snow tires vs 55 all-seasons, but the car is still very well-connected when you push it hard. The ride is no softer, despite the higher profile, rather it is the same, but traction is so good, I wish I'd gone for a 205/55-16, but everyone is still happy.
My only regret is this tire is not available in the right size for the next car in need of new winter tires...perhaps a 215/55-16 will be available next winter.
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Size: 225/55R16
(2011 Hyundai Elantra GLS with 4000 KM of Tire Wear )
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I was deciding between the New Toyo GSi-5 and the Micheline X-Ice. All of the reviews I had read trying to decide rated the X-Ice much higer but my friend who manages a parts department at a Toyota Dealership urged me to buy the Toyos since he and his staff had attended a seminar on the new technology that went into the 2011 -2012 model. He said that not many reviews had been written on them since no one had been able to test them since the previous model year. I bought the Toyos on his advice and I am very glad I did. My wife and I along with our two little ones travelled through Northern Ontario over the holidays on Slushy, Icey and snow packed roads and the tires were very very good. I tried to push them to the limits on rural snow packed roads ( when I was alone in the car) and I found that you would have to be driving like an insane person to over drive the tires capability. Some of the credit for gripping the road has to go to my new Hyundai Elantra with all of it's electronic skid control etc but I highly recommend you buy these tires, they are that good, excellent in fact. Only minor complaint is some road noise at higher speeds on dry roads.....just turn the radio up a little louder LOL!
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