My new 2007 2LT came with very cheap, horrible Firestones. They slipped in a half-inch of snow. Shortly after I took delivery, I installed Michelin Pilot A/S tires and have been very pleased on both Wet and Dry pavement.

I appreciate the tire review Hib.

 

i will need some more soon. they only have 50000 miles on them , still not down to the wear bar. i don't know how many miles they are rated for. i drive in rain , snow whatever with no problems. is the 1st post in this thread the longest post ever???

 

I actually got to test this tire at Goodyear's proving grounds in San Angelo Texas 6 months before it was released to the public. I put in my order as soon as I got home. I am happy to say I just replaced them Monday and got over 50K on them. I of course had to replace with something less expensive because I am no longer in the tire biz and dont get that huge discount. I purchased the Bridgestone Grid. Seems to be a good tire so far.

 

As I promised back in Feb, I'm back to follow-up on my test of the Goodyear Eagle F1 AS. I noted today that the very outside of the tread of the left front is corded. The right front is just about there, too, and the others are quite worn, so...this test has reached its conclusion at 28961, almost 29,000 miles and in a little under two and a half years. Bottom line: The Goodyear F1 AS proved to be a great choice for an HHR that sometimes gets driven sportingly but also must perfom well in all types of road conditions.

On the downside, tread life was a little less than I expected, but that was certainly not the tire's fault. The outside edges of the front tires have consistently worn more rapidly than the center or inside...to the point that overall treadlife, even with rotation every 5000-8000 miles, was reduced. All the tires have legal tread on the inside, are either corded or "bald" on the outside and are at or slightly below the tread bar indicators in the center.

The treadlife problem was caused by the stock front end alignment which clearly lacks adequate negative camber. I believe the solution is more negative camber, either -1/4 deg. or -1/2 deg., depending on what the alignment shop tells is the existing camber setting. I'll also guess that, given a more aggressive front camber setting, tread mileage would have been in the mid to high 30,000s rather than 29,000.

As for the tire's performance, the Eagle F1 AS was an excellent choice for an HHR which gets driven hard once in a while but also has to do daily-driver duty in all kinds of weather. It provided outstanding lateral grip on dry surfaces and very good lateral grip and traction in the wet. No doubt this is all due to the F1 AS's unique tread design which was detailed at the beginning of this thread. My one regret is not being able to try the this tire on an icy road to see if it lived-up to it's "all season" rating.

The Goodyear's steering response was quite good and was an incremental improvement over the stock tire. The Goodyears were, also, noticeably quieter than the OE Firestones I took off.

Would I buy the Eagle F1 AS again? Yes! ...but only after I reset the front end alignment.

What tire am I going to try next?

Well, as much as I like the F1 AS, I'd like to keep offering information to HHR owners here on chevyhhr.net, so in the interest of a good test, I'm going to try a different Goodyear product, the Assurance TripleTred which is not a high-performance tire per se, but rather is a broad market replacement tire which incorporates some of the technology Gooyear uses in performance tires.

I'm going to install TripleTreds in the near future and once I get them on, I'll start a new thread about my reviewing that tire product.

 

I had triple treads on my Grand Prix and the ride is very harsh but they never wore out even at 50k miles. Traction was great dry and wet was good. Noise was decent too.

 

the tripletred is an awesome tire, especially on snowy or icy roads. My brother in law has them on his HHR in Maryland. I drove with him on icy roads and they were badass.

 

Thanks Hib. Been waiting for your conclusions at the end of your test, well, since your first post
I'm in New England, so the All Season component was a feature I was hoping you would get to cover. Oh well, no worries.You did not get a chance to0 experience them in snow or Ice.
Sounds like a fine tire for wet and dry, so that works in most of the US just fine.
Triple Treads do seem to be one of the few main choices I see people do here, so a review from you on them would be a welcome thread. Thanks for your efforts and keep up the good work!

 

I'm going to be installing a set of Tripletreds in September. The reviews I've read don't sound too bad and in my visual comparison they look like they will provide the best traction in winter conditions due to the tread design and the amount of sipes.

Does anyone know where I can get the best price on these tires? Currently, I think I'm going to order and have them installed at Walmart. I think the price there is $165 per tire with free shipping to store and free install plus $5 to balance each wheel. I was also looking at Tire Rack which does have a better price but when shipping and mounting is factored in it comes to the same amount as Walmart.

 

I went ahead and order a set of Goodyear Assurance TripleTreds today. With shipping it comes to $635 or $158.75 per tire which is a pretty good deal (to me at least.) These same tires at a local shop in Canada were quoted at $1100 which included install. With the exchange rate it should be approximately $400 cheaper for me to order them from TireRack and drive down to Montana to pick them up and have them installed.

I'm hoping to also get the $40 mail in rebate but that might be tricky. The rebate says it is only for US residents and specifies that the billing address needs to be a US address. I have a US shipping address but unfortunately my billing address is Canadian. That extra $40 mail in rebate would be really sweet.

 

[QUOTE=calgaryhhr;409317]a local shop in Canada were quoted at $1100 which included install./QUOTE]

Thats includes free health care when you get your tires check to see where they were made mine are from 07 and they are marked made in Canada.That makes me crazy made in Canada shiped to the U.S. and sell them for less.