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Tires - All Terrain Tires for a car
Expert: Barry Smith - 11/7/2009
Question
I have a 2001 Ford Taurus that has 215/60R16 tires on it and while searching for tires I noticed that Yokohama makes an all terrain tire in that size, the Geolander AT/S. The load rating and speed rating are the same as the touring tires that I currently have and I was wondering if it would be bad to put such tires on a car. It does not list the tires as LT or P on the sizing. I realize that the tires will be noisier than a touring tire and not handle quite as well but the winter traction and wet traction will be much better and I am mostly interested in the novelty of the idea.
Answer
Ryan,
Your car is not a truck or an SUV, so tires designed for trucks and SUV's are going to be designed with that application in mind - and noise, high speed operation, fuel economy, handling, and dry grip are not a priority.
An All Season car tire is much more suited for a Taurus than an All Terrain SUV tire could ever be. And some All Season tires give excellent snow and wet traction without the need to have an on-off road capability.
And if you need more snow traction, a dedicated winter tire is even better than an All Terrain tire!
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