renman07

Greetings All. The OEM Dunlop SP31 A/S 175/65-15 are abismal on snow & ice here in the Midwest. Have 27k miles w much tread left. Tire Rack ranks these 24(poor) out of 26 in customer surveys which is consistent w my winter experience here. There are many good suggestions on T/Rs web site for Passenger A/S and Grand Touring A/S to fix the traction issues but no chart info on which tires have the best low rolling resistance and thus fuel economy. I have read the earlier posts here on recommended tires but see no info on MPG and winter performance. Has anyone found A/S tires that perform better in winter but still do as well or better than OEM for MPG ?

jared592

Why do you care about MPG? Unless you're trying to hypermile or something, you're going to be getting pretty good mileage regardless unless you get big-ole truck knobbies.

wheatbran

I dont remember the exact model, but the low rolling resistance all weather tires on my wifes hybrid civic would probably make a bit of difference, coupled with a higher pressure than normal in your tires. Just look on tirerack for the 2006 civic hybrid stock tires.

2k.civic.si

tires with a higher hardness rating have lower rolling resistance. food for thought