Thing is, they're less than a year old! TireRack reviews were pretty good and I asked about them in a stinger Facebook group. Oh well, it will be the first and last I guess??
I don't know. even though not recommended from the company I work through, Ima still not entirely put off the firestone firehawk indy 500 uhp. the price is very attractive. if I am burning through michelin ps4s in either side of 15,000 miles how could the firestone's not last that long? they might be a little outclassed in total grip but Ima no track guy and probably wouldn't push the firehawk indy 500 hard enough to tell the difference anyway. I may try them.
yes, Ima not that heavy on the corners either. I mean that yes the tires 'hiss' and I've done a four-wheel drift onto an onramp but just not that often. I wear the rears about twice as fast as the fronts, this is awd. my rears are worn down a lot by 15,000 miles and last time I was showing belts on the inside edges. this was after an alignment last year. when I asked my tire and wheel people about that they opined that the alignment had likely been according to kia spec and that next time I get aligned I should request a couple of degrees negative camber from spec to increase outside wear a bit.
Dang, it’s not the first time I’ve seen people say they get less than 15k out of them. I learned that the alignment on these is incredibly easy to get out of whack. I drive mostly on the freeway for work. I took off hard out of a driveway and spun all four tires, once….that was enough to throw my front alignment way out, my second set of tires I got about 48k only because the left front was bald on the inside corner, otherwise I’d have gotten another 5-10k out of them. I bought my GT2 with 6k miles, previous owner had hit a curb, the alignment was awful and wasn’t noticeable until 75+, I’m still battling after 3 alignments and only 10k miles, they cannot get it aligned, Les Schwab and Kia both say it’s in spec but it’s a wrestling match every time I drive it. Bummed as I had very little issues with my GT.
yes the donut has no sensor, thus the tpms system is offline until you have four working sensors.
stinger 'trunk'? good heavens no. the donut barely fits in there. if you insist on laying down a full-sized spare on the hatch floor just plan on less room for other stuff. I've put four wheels with tires mounted inside the hatch, without the hatch cover, and with back seats down, and I had room to devote to a couple of boxes and several bags of rock salt on that occasion.
definitely the customer service sucks and I don’t care for them…but there’s just way too much vibration when I’m driving… I was told they needs to be a breaking Period…they are a lot a louder than my original Michelin Supremes…when I asked about stopping in the rain I was told just as good as Michelin… when I checked, they don’t compare and that’s per the service rep.
interesting. I've never heard such bs as that. no tire needs a breaking in period. wearing in isn't the same thing and there is no noise difference before and after. whoever put those tires on did a crap job and lied about it. the motivos I've been running have been smooth and at least as noise free as michelin ps4 ps4s.
