Why does subaru put Rare tires on their cars?

At least on the 06. Its a Bridgestone 205/55R/16 Potenza RE92A...its a special order tire. So I blew it out with only 2000 miles on the car. I have to leave on Thursday to go to Michigan. No place has it.

Anyone have an extra?

 

get rid of all of them and get any other tires.

The potenza RE92 is a very crappy tire. I'd replace them asap anyways.

 

i plan on it. what would you recommend?

 

what tire to recommend is a whole nother can of worms. If you want one tire for all year, then I can't help you much. If you want winter tires and summer tires there is much more I can recommend.

 

I would reccomend BF Goodrich Traction T/A H rated

 

ahh you are the guy with that 06 2.5 i that we had to order the tire for

 

yeah, and i've heard from a ton of people that those tires suck and they are overpriced.

plus i thought the tire had a defect and Subaru should replace it at no cost.
because there was no nail or cut to the tire. instead the tire costs about 170 plus labor.

i want to know what a good year round tire is so i can trust it. i mean after 2000 miles the tires should not have blown out.

 

what about Kumho Ecsta ASX

OR

Goodyear Assurance TripleTred

 

if you cant swing a new set now, just replace the one and save $$ for a set of winters to mount on your stocker rims.

when spring next year rolls arround order some 17's and a good summer tire.

imo

 

so make sure to burn all of the tread of your stockers this summer so arent wasting any tread when you take them off to put winters on.

 

for an all season i like the Potenza g009. very nice wet traction, pretty good snow ice too.

 

whatever tire you get, make sure you get the right speed rating.

 

thanks guys. i appreciate it

 

I have used these two tires (Nokian WR and Continental ContiExtremeContact) before and swear by it. For the dollars vs. value, you can't go wrong with the Conti... but if longevity and price isn't an issue... go with the Nokians.

 

I put Nokian WRs on my 2.5RS and the wife's Windstar. They've been great. They seem to ride out the slushy stuff very well, and they don't suffer from tramping when the harder packed snow is rutted; they just cut right through it. But going isn't what I got these for, I got them for stopping. So far this winter, my ABS hasn't kicked in at all, and I've only had it kick in once on the Windstar. Last winter the ABS on the Windstar was on more than it was off, which made it very scary to drive.

And, there's a place just around the corner from me in Eden Prairie that is one of the few Nokian dealers in the area, which made them very easy to get hold of.

Bye for now,
Stuart.

 

Hey, let's go for broke and recommend Yokohama Advans? Get some aftermarket wheels and mount those Evo tires!

Or duplicate an STi setup.

 

I'd recommend the Nokian WRs as well. Used them in Europe and loved them!! For other all-seasons that seem to work well the Falken Ziex 512s are decent and channel water very nicely.

For summer use I'd suggest finding a barely used set of Bridgestone RE070s from the STi. GREAT summer tire and most guys are selling them for super cheap b/c "the ride is too rough."