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Originally Posted by philmcneal
i'd sacraface 3 mpg for better cornering ability and quietness anyday. question are FE tries more expensive or cheaper?
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I think that is a hard question to answer. The LRR tires on PriusI were also heavy load tires. So, they are kind of difficult to replace with something with the same characteristics, both LRR and heavy load rating. You can find a good number of heavy load tires in PriusI sizing, but they may not necessarily be LRR and vice versa. Although it is preferable to have the LRR tires on PriusI, it is not a necessity. It is however unadvisable to buy a tire that isn't heavy load rated.
Some have said that the Goodyear Integrity that ships on PriusII is LRR, however I'm inclined to believe that it is just an economy tire that Toyota chose to get the cars out the door as cheeply as possible. Price Integrities at
TireRack or at your local Goodyear dealer and you will find them to be the least expensive tire you can put on the Prius, save something you can find at Les Schwab.
Lots of Prius drivers have moved up to higher quality Goodyear and Michelin tires with little effect on MPG, indicating to me that the factory tire is not necessarily LRR.