CRV does great in heavy rain with Dueler Tires!

Hello all,

After my friend and I had read all the negative comments about driving
a car in rain with the Duler tires by Bridgestone I was a nervous
wreck about driving it in rain. I was about ready to go out and spend
600.00 on the other ones that a tire place had told me about.

We had our first rainstorm in almost 2 weeks. It rained heavy, and
there was water flowing on the roads in some areas with fairly deep
puddles. I'm glad to report that all the reports on Tirerack.com of
the Duelers causing a car to have problems steering, stopping, braking
and hydroplaning were all wrong! Well now I feel better.

So far the Dueler tires on my CRV is excellent on dry roads, dirt/
grass/gravel trails and rain. I'm not wishing for snow, but that will
be next for me to test.

The same tire is used on BWM X5, Mercedes, Lexus 350 and Audi Q7, so
I'm sure Honda wouldn't put a tire that would cause problems on their
cars knowing they as well as many higher end cars and SUV's have a
reputation to uphold.

So does anyone know why some other posters had such a vast different
way of measuring the Dueler tires performance?

Thanks so much,

Jill

 

Because they're idiots.

Welcome to the world.

 

More specifically, welcome to Usenet.

 

I didn't have a performance issue with my Dueler tires, but they did not
have a long life.
Look at replacing yours at around 45000 kilometers or 25000 miles.

Also, if you live closer to the 49th parallel, consider a proper set of
winter tires and steel rims.
All season tires do not perform well below 5 degrees C and the duelers are
no exception.
I recommend the Michelen Ice X 2.

 

You've never experienced the Nokian WR then, have you.

Yes, it has the snowflake emblem for winter use--just like a winter
tire. But it's an all-season tire.

Those crazy northern Europeans. Solving their problems and then telling
the world about it. What a concept.

 

but a genuine all-weather tire is unamerican - it's a missed "rent
seeking" opportunity where everyone has to have two sets of wheels, two
sets of tires, and thereby keep the nation's mom and pop tire shops in
pbr and weed...

 

Yeah, I missed the Nokian boat. I've been doing the winter tire swap since
day one for my 05 CRV.
I'll have to wait until my current set of winter tires wears down before
looking at that for a full season replacement.

 

No offense, but you have been way overthinking this.

 

Oh I know I have a little bit, but if you read the write ups on The
Tire Rack site, it will look as if my CRV tires are horrible. So far
they are very good on wet and dry pavement with very good control and
braking. So far I've proved them wrong! Then some went on talking
about tread wear, but everyone in my family changes their tires at 35k
miles. I analyze everything! That's what teachers do.

Jill

 

People take the time to write it up when they hate something. They
NEVER take the time to write it up when it's perfectly satisfactory.

So, what you're reading is all the people who feel aggrieved.

So if you read the reviews people have taken the time to go back and
write up after they've bought and used their tires for awhile, of COURSE
they're all going to be "these tires are terrible".

You're overthinking this thing way, way too much.

 

Okay but I think I'll still tell everyone how the CRV does in the
snow.

 

while that's largely true, people write when they love something also.
check out the reviews for michelin pilots.

 

My CRV does great in snow and ice, with the proper tires.
Bridgestone Duellers are not made for snow and ice and suck in that
department.

Either get snow tires or as another poster suggested, those Nokian WR tires.
I live in Winnipeg, and we see the best winter has to offer.

 

Jill, wrote the following at or about 8/10/2010 10:31 AM:

Perhaps you tell it to someone who cares. Elmo's correct, this is
getting a bit tedious. You have to remember that your (and our)
perception of a tire's worth in any given circumstance is extremely
subjective. It's dependent upon the skill of the driver, the vehicle,
the actual weather/road conditions, and finally the tire.

All this back and forth about a tire you've yet to drive for any length
of time under current conditions leaves us breathless but only from
pounding a) the delete key or b) our heads on the keyboard.

Enough! PLEASE!