Yokohama AVID Ascend tires for 2012 SE

[CPO]

I am posting this because P195/50R16 Yokohama AVID Ascend have become available for the 3rd generation Yaris SE. Previously, the best high mileage tire available was the Continental ExtremeContact DWS with a UTQG of 540; the Yokohama UTQG is 740. I had my local tire shop check their stock and they also called 5 national wholesalers and could not find the tire. Tirerack.com has them and they sitting in my garage waiting to be installed.

The car came with Bridgestone Turanza EL400, with a UTQG of 260, I have put 28,000 on them. This is the worst tire I have ever had on a car, they have no grip, have always broken loose from start, no rain grip and they are skates when the temperature gets down in the 30's. The ride quality is terrible. The ware indicators are almost even with the tread, about 2/32 tread remaining. These tires are $50 more each than the Yokohama's and Continentals...

If there is interest, I will give my initial imprecations of the Yokohama's after I have them installed and put a few miles on them.

retired CPO