That's good information on the Toyo tires. I'll consider them next
time I'm in the market for tires. However, I disagree with your
assessment of the Michelin tire. I'm on my second set of MXV4+ Energy
on my Passat and have been extremely happy with them. They are quiet,
the handling is rock solid, and I've had no problems with snow here in
Minnesota. I also put these tires on my 95 Camry a few years ago, and
they have been great. They now have about 60,000 miles are in pretty
good shape. The Michelins on my Passat lasted about 40,000 which I
found a little disappointing. I'm not sure if the OEM version of this
tire is different from the retail version??. The Passat is a heavier
car than my Camry. Maybe that made a difference.

I've got these on my 03 Accord. I think there's a lot of road noise,
but I'm inclined to believe that it says more about the insulation in
the car than the tires. I don't have road noise in either my Camry or
Passat.


On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:38:09 GMT, "razingkane"
<razingkane@adelphia.net> wrote:

>I had OEM Michelin MXV4+Energy tires on my 99 Accord EX. They were terrible
>in the rain and light snow. I had them rotated at the recommended times and
>they lasted about 25,000 miles. I had the alignment checked as they wore
>uneven. I replaced them with Toyo Spectrums. I'm closing in on 60,000
>miles. I'll get 65,000/70,000 out of them before I have to have them
>replaced. They've been great on the highway, snow, rain, and they've been
>quiet. They ran about $55.00 a piece. I was looking at Michelin X-Ones but
>they were to expensive at the time. I'll probably investigate other tires
>but will compare them to my all to my Toyo's. Most Toyo tires have a 500
>mile or 45 day trail period in which you can return them for a full refund
>if you're not happy with them. No I don' work for Toyo I'm just really
>impressed with the tires.
>
>Rick
>