Stock tires are junk.
The Bridgestone Turanza EL42's that came on my SE Sport are really crappy tires. Oddly the day before I bought the car I watched a guy in a SLE slide off the iced roads going about 35. I stopped to help him, and he told me the tires were poor. So I went to Tire Rack, and that indeed seems to be the general consensus. In fact they are on of the lowest rated tires in their category, and their winter traction is in the non-existent range. Fortunately I caught this before I bought the car, and the dealer cut me a check for $250 towards buying new tires. Of course that was after I told them that I was not buying the car unless they did something about the tires.
Dry performance is poor too, way too much sidewall flex transitioning into corners, and ABS comes on in places even our Celica has no trouble with.
Dry performance is poor too, way too much sidewall flex transitioning into corners, and ABS comes on in places even our Celica has no trouble with.
2000 Celica GT-S 6 speed
2004 Solara SE Sport V6
Black Pearl Emblems
Blizzak WS-50 215/55/17
2004 Solara SE Sport V6
Black Pearl Emblems
Blizzak WS-50 215/55/17
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