rhack1

My 1999 rx300 is awd and i now have 113, 000+ miles on it...i drive 100 miles a day thru upstate, ny (syracuse) area...winters get 120+ inches of the white stuff...i drive between 70-78mph on my commute to work on a major highway...i just put the brand new goodyear fortera tripletred model on my rx300...i've only had them for 2 weeks -- but here are my observations so far...they really grip the road...handling is excellent...it plowed thru pouring rain at high speed without any problems or issues...the rolling resistance is about 1/2 mpg less than the yokohama g-051...the tires are fairly quiet and similar to the yokohamas...the tire is stiff, though...i feel more bumps than the yokohamas...the tire has great looks...i did have to move up to the 235/70-16 sizing...anyhow -- so far so good...i'll update everyone on the snow -- when it comes...as for the yokohamas -- these tires are absolutely great...i just decided to try something different by going with the fortera tripletred...i actually got a little over 70,000 miles on them and they were NEVER a problem...their handling, rain and snow traction was excellent...the ride was soft, but firm...the integritites it came with were junk -- lousy handling, and lousy rain/winter feel...as for the pricing on the fortera tripletreds -- i kinda lucked out...i had ordered the fortera silent armor version and the warehouse messed up and delivered the tripletred by mistake...the installation place (a local tire dealer) honored the silent armor pricing...the tripletreds are supposed to be $15-20 more a tire...anyhow -- i paid $147/ea which included the tire, mounting, balancing, new value stems, and NY tire disposal fee...and goodyear had a $50 rebate for buying 4 forteras...when i checked out the yokohama price on tirerack.com it was $85/ea...factoring in $10/ea for shipping and then $15-20 for mounting/balancing/etc -- and then offsetting the fortera price with the rebate -- my actual cost wasn't much more than the yokos...i'll update once i drive them thru snow....but so far, so good...R

mr. aristo

i'm a asst manager at discount tire and the goodyear fortera triple tread is supposed to be the new best all around tire there is. we just received our first shipment and all of them were gone within 2 days due to customers pre ordering.... we have had nothing but positive feedback on them... i just put them on my girls 00 rx300 last week and she said it handles great in the rain (we live in seattle)

Neo

iTrader: (3)

I have the Fortera SL on my MDX and like them. I've only had them for about 2 months (had to change and could not wait ) but they've behaved well. The tread pattern and rubber design is also more aggressive looking than the Michelins they replaced.