Bridgestone Tires - My Review : C-
I recently purchased a 2006 Honda Civic EX about a month ago. Currently at appx. 1550 miles, my tire already had to be replaced. This morning when I was parking my car by my job, I did not see the glass bottle on the curb to which I rolled over, cracked, and flattened my tire. Perhaps, it was the way I ran over the bottle that sharded my tire, but to my knowledge to which I can remember, I have rolled over a few glass bottles a few times with my old car having Michelin tires and nothing ever happened. A few glass bottles? Well, where I work, to be honest, some of the people have no care of the environment - garbage is everywhere... almost.
Perhaps it's the size of my tire that made it easier to puncture, but I do believe that it also had to do with the tire company. I know that my brother has used Firestone for his van and a few times already. Even one point, it had exploded while we were driving on the Parkway. Luckily we heard a funny noice before it blew out so we were able to slow down to a stop.
I have had Michelin tires prior to this car on my previous vehicle. With those Michelin, I was able to drive appx. 80,000 without a problem and still if I had the vehicle, I would be able to make it through this winter and then perhaps change it.
This is my first time using Bridgestone and I am not satisfied with them. I was planning to get Michelin to replace, but the gentleman I spoke to at the tire shop was honest to tell me to get Bridgestone since all my other tires were Bridgestone already and being that my vehichle only have 1550 miles. He said to put different tire(s) which such low mileage that is still almost new would affect the idling on the car - different tread, different tire. He had to be honest since he did not make the sale and sent me to a store that sold Bridgestone tires. That's why I knew he was being honest.
If you're looking for a new tire, my reco would be Michelins.
As I drive my car more, I will give another review on the tires.
As for the Civic 06... I'm loving it.
A photo of the Bridgestone Turazna LS-H.
