Are You Happy With The Ride Quality?

[peterk9]

Some of you may have seen my prior posts talking about OEM (i.e. down the assembly line) tires. Last year I acquired a set, waiting for when my factory tires wore out. I just replaced them a few weeks ago at 55K miles before a 720 mile trip each way to/from North Carolina. As I was confident would be the case - we could tell absolutely no difference we had another set of tires on. The ride, noise (I should say lack thereof), wet and dry traction were identical from our perspective. We're very happy with the 255/55R20XL 110V MICHELIN PRIMACY A/S BW tires. Michelin part number 92446.

I had those on my previous '20 and '23. My '25 has 275/40R22 Goodyear Touring tires. Miss the 20" tires.

Peter

 

[EcoBrick Bob]

If you want to really improve both the handling and ride quality, go with 18" wheels and high/max performance tires that have the same diameter overall.
Our ride is exceptional. While I installed summer only tires, Michelin Cross Climate A/S probably would ride even smoother and handle almost as well.
Bigger wheel rim diameters seem to be the rage because of the appearance. Since my 18"s are also gloss black, so the key is to armor all the tires !!! LOL