2011 Sedan, do I HAVE to buy V rated tires?

[Mark_888]

I guess I am just used to buying sportier tires and not used to seeing those lower ratings, and if you would actually read what I wrote I said I was not aware of a lot of tires rated lower than V, I never said that they didn't carry them at all, so if anyone is exaggerating, its you exagerating about what I actually said. If the OP is solely concerned about price and not quality I am sure he can find some used tires.

I will plead no-contest, since I guess I had a hard time clearly understanding the following:

"Unless you are buying garbage Chinese tires I don't know of many tires discount carries lower than V rating."​

Not really sure if you are even talking about Discount Tire stores, or tires at any single Discount Tire store, or whatever.

There are probably not a lot of tires the size to fit a Genesis that are below H, but there are plenty of H tires available, and one does not have to be ashamed to buy an H instead of a used V rated tire. The Genesis Sedan Base Trim model comes with H rated tires as OEM (at least in 2009-2011).

Overall, I would guess that Discount Tire sells more tires at H rating and lower, than V or higher, but I can't prove that. For example, most Honda Accord and Toyota Camry models come with H rated tires (maybe except Accord EX and Camry XLE, but not even sure about those). I previously owned a Toyota Camry V6 XLE with H rated tires as OEM.

 

[Kamkaze]

Thanks, but...no thanks Tires are very important, especially for performance cars and spirited driving. I'll gladly pay to get guaranteed quality, reliability and performance before settling for the lowest cost Chinese knock-off of the month. Cheap tires will come back to bite you in any number of ways, so the savings at purchase are an illusion.

In the case of the Coupe, the exact OE tires are great, but a bit overpriced (19in wheels, track-tuned suspension). I'm in the Southeast, and snow, slush and ice are rare. So, if I were buying today (using the Tire Rack link I posted), I might go with the "Pole Position" version of the same Bridgestone Potenza or the Continental Extreme Contact. $1,000 and $850 respectively for those sets would be a significant savings over $1,300 OE, and are actually better-rated tires.

Agreed tires are very important, but I was just saying that if price was an issue those were a good option. Also the Hankook Ventus V12 EVO is a great tire that is of known quality, gets great reviews and is very reasonable.

Car and driver review:

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/hankook-ventus-v12-evo-page-10