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Old 03-09-2013, 12:36 PM
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Long life highway tire???

This is my first post on this forum - nice to find it! We have a 2007 Maxima and live in a rural area, so 90% of our driving mileage is on the highway, as it's a 60 mile round trip even to the nearest small town. Just this morning, for example, I ran an errand to a couple of stores and put over 100 miles on the road.

I'm trying to find the best high-mileage tires for this car. I'm not really into curve-hugging performance, so that's not really a concern, and being in central Texas, snow isn't a factor, either. We do have scorching-hot summers, though, which can wear down a highway tire pretty quick.

As we all know, the low-profile Maxima tires are "high performance" tires, which by definition tend to have softer tread compounds and thus don't last all that long. Does anybody have a recommendation for a tire for this car, with the longest possible tread life in these conditions?
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Old 03-09-2013, 01:11 PM
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look in the wheels / tires subsection, not this one.

Also, find reviews from consumer reports and user reviews from tirerack to base your purchase on.
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Old 03-09-2013, 01:57 PM
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Old 03-09-2013, 10:52 PM
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Michelin Primacy MXV4
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Old 03-10-2013, 07:13 AM
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I second the Primacy...

Originally Posted by Eternal 28
Michelin Primacy MXV4
The Michelin Primacy MXV4 is an awesome tire.
I purchased mine at the end of December 2009 and drive an average of 15,000 a year.

So long story short, I've put over 30,000 highway miles on them and I still have decent tread to get me through this summer.
I'll probably need a new set before the end of this year.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....l=Primacy+MXV4

If you live in the snow belt and change over to a dedicated snow tire then I recommend the Michelin X-Ice Xi3.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....odel=X-Ice+Xi3

Michelin's are expensive but they really are awesome tires and I think money well spent.

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