Hi All
I'm new here so this might have been discussed already. I just purchased a 2023 Outback Limited XT to replace my 2011 Outback Limited. This is the first car I have ever owned that I would buy another one of. The 2011 has 156K on it with nothing more than regular maintenance. Since we live in the North East we travel in some inclement weather with never a problem. So with that said the other night in some pretty hard rain the car got squirrely on me (the traction control light came on and I felt the car correcting it self) now this wasn't a 3 inches of standing water it was just a wet road on a turn. The next morning I started doing some research on the Yokohama Avast GT tires these tires have a dismal ratings I saw as low as 4.2 out of 10. Why would an engineer working for a car company that builds the best all wheel drive cars, notorious for rally racing and go anywhere driving, use such crappy tires? So I asked. I was told the Yokohama is a low resistance tire to save fuel. You know what will save fuel? When I slide off the road and this ends up in the junk yard. Today I spent $1000 for 4 new Bridgestone. I think its crazy to have to replace tires with less than 600 miles on them I wasn't the first guy to replace these Yokohama according to my tire shop. If these are on your car and you live where it rains and snows be careful the car is great the tires are crap.
I'm new here so this might have been discussed already. I just purchased a 2023 Outback Limited XT to replace my 2011 Outback Limited. This is the first car I have ever owned that I would buy another one of. The 2011 has 156K on it with nothing more than regular maintenance. Since we live in the North East we travel in some inclement weather with never a problem. So with that said the other night in some pretty hard rain the car got squirrely on me (the traction control light came on and I felt the car correcting it self) now this wasn't a 3 inches of standing water it was just a wet road on a turn. The next morning I started doing some research on the Yokohama Avast GT tires these tires have a dismal ratings I saw as low as 4.2 out of 10. Why would an engineer working for a car company that builds the best all wheel drive cars, notorious for rally racing and go anywhere driving, use such crappy tires? So I asked. I was told the Yokohama is a low resistance tire to save fuel. You know what will save fuel? When I slide off the road and this ends up in the junk yard. Today I spent $1000 for 4 new Bridgestone. I think its crazy to have to replace tires with less than 600 miles on them I wasn't the first guy to replace these Yokohama according to my tire shop. If these are on your car and you live where it rains and snows be careful the car is great the tires are crap.