I experienced the same thing with the stock Michelins, so for the last set, I bought Firestone Destination A/Ts. The tread life is much better so far, but I probably only have 15k miles on them.
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Aren't all the new ones hybrids? Not sure how I feel about that.
This is an excellent point. Yeah, that low pressure recommendation also leads to the TPS sensors going off constantly when the temperature drops outside.
I bought a brand new Tacoma in 2021 when I sold my Ram. It was a cool little truck. V6 4x4. It had leather and a sunroof which you don't see in a lot of tacos. I put some KO2s on it and it was sharp. A fun little truck.
Not all 2023 Tundras are hybrid but it is an option. The stock engine is a 3.5L twin turbo V6. Not a fan of the switch because the 5.7L V8 is such a good engine. Be interested to see if this new engine will hold up like the V8.
My wife's ****** Expedition EL is a twin turbo V6. It's quick and has good torque, and gets surprisingly good mpg on trips. But I question how well those turbos will hold up over time with such big vehicles. I would expect leaks and such eventually.
As another data point - F-150 recommends 55 psi on their stickers. I'm on my third truck (company vehicle) and they've all had it at 55. Every time I take it to Firestone for oil change/tire rotation they make a comment about how that's way too high. So once when it was time for a new set of tires Firestone put em on and put them all at 35 psi, and I decided to leave it and see what happens. Within a month the front tires had started cupping, and Firestone 17'd up and mentioned to our lease company that they were only inflated to 35 when they filed the claim, so then the lease company made them replace them on their dime.
Definitely do your carfax or whatever research if you ever buy a vehicle from Carmax. My brother's next door neighbor is a Carmax buyer up in Memphis, he has regaled us with numerous stories about cars they've bought from folks that turned out to be riddled with problems. If you can tape and twine it together long enough for a 3 minute visual inspection and a 1 mile test drive (he said they literally pull out of the lot, take it to the gas station down the street to get it up to ~45 mph, then come back) then they'll buy it from you no questions asked. He ventured a guess that one out of every 4 cars on their lots had hidden problems that never get fixed and just get passed onto the next buyer.
Dang. That's an honest mistake by Firestone. Pretty rare to see a 1/2 ton with e rated tires requiring 55 psi I bet. Must be an XL/work truck or have a special payload package. I bet it rides like a tank lol. My F-250 runs 60 front and 65 rear, and is a brick. All of the various Ford and Chevy 1/2 tons I had over the years were 35ish psi.
I figured it had to be requested by the lease company or something. It's a 4x4 XLT package, but the tires are pretty standard size (265) A/T's...it's not outfitted with any extra weight or equipment or anything...
and yes, it rides pretty damn stiff at 55 psi. The dashboard light comes on if they're lower than 48, so I try to keep them around 49-50 if I can
