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Originally Posted by TedHNY
My wife's new used HL came with offbrand tires. Discount Tire, I think. Front wheels spin in the wet, sometimes in the dry. Not a good feeling.
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Most of the factory original tires 2004 Highlander tires were Bridgestone Dueler H/T and they deliver a very smooth and quiet ride and aren't real expensive like the Michelins.
Beware tirerack.com's ratings are not fully objective and impartial so high priced tires get most of the real good ratings and low or medium priced tires like the Bridgestone Dueler H/T get low or moderately low ratings.
Example: The Goodyear Assurance Comfortred gets top scores at tirerack.com for ride comfort, but in the real world you feet every little imperfection in the road because the tires absorb only big bumps well. The Comfortreds make a luxury car feel like an economy car. Conversely, the Goodyear Integrity gets low scores for ride comfort at tirerack.com but in the real world it rides smoothly on all types of roads and Lexus even installed it on the RX300 because it was smooth riding.
Bottom line: If wet traction is important to you then the tirerack.com ratings should help you find a high priced tire that has good wet traction, but won't necessarily help you find a low priced tire that has good wet traction because of biases built into its sampling and scoring systems.