Avoid These Tires at All Cost
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- Avoid These Tires at All Cost
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I had low profile tires once, never again, ran over an object in the road, cracked the sidewall of the tire open
That’s a weak point for Tesla unfortunately. But I think they’re at the right track with the Cybertruck although it looks ugly. But, you don’t need to worry about mice and rodents since everything is covered up. So you don’t have wires hanging around an inefficient, noisy and harmful for the environment Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). It will also cost you a lot to maintain it and to fill it up with gas. Another point is the waiting line that you should go through at a gas station while you could just charge your Tesla overnight and always wake up with a full charge. It’s really unfortunate seeing how biased you are. And that’s of course since your job depends on having those ICE cars on the streets. Especially seeing your honest advices on cars which gives you credibility and more customers in turn.
And regarding the maintenance of Tesla. There is literally nothing to do except for changing tires. No coolant, oil nor many other parts to look for. In terms of accidents, well yes it costs a lot to repair but having a good insurance will do it for you. Despite it being expensive but what you’ve saved more than what you pay. And it also being considered the safest car in the world. I really appreciate what Tesla is doing for America and the world.
It really cracks me up how many giant lifted trucks I see that have huge wheels and low profile tires. Pure stupidity
its just a style calm down.
@@Oakleyworld it's just my opinion, calm down
How is it stupid? Most of those lifted trucks are mall crawlers anyways makes sense to put on low profile street tires if you're never going to off road. I always see jeeps on giant ko2s going down the road sounding like a jet engine getting 5mpg lmao
@@sushigaming101 I feel the same way about mall crawlers, if your not going off road then no point in lifting the truck. If your lifting your truck gas mileage shouldn't be a concern. I didn't know you guys were so sensitive, sorry I hurt your little low profile feelings.
@@sushigaming101 the sound those ko2s make along with some strait pipes, beautiful, no need for a radio.
I had low profile tires once, never again, ran over an object in the road, cracked the sidewall of the tire open
Did this on a curb with a 205/55/ 16" tire don't ask how
@@jannickelzinga5747 how 🤔 lol
@@brandontalley4288 Steering a corner with my knee😂😂😂
@@jannickelzinga5747 lol my wife likes do that craziness 😅
I hit a cone going 80kmh with a low profile tire on a 19" rim and popped a tire......somehow
I used to think low profile tires looked really nice until I got one with them. I've had to replace all four rims and all four tires due to potholes. Thats $2,000. I would avoid low profile tires in future.
I hate the low profile tires…worst idea ever!😑
Especially on AWD or SUV’s. Awful ride, easily damaged and wear out in no time.
Another issue with low profile tires is that the suspension will take more abuse since the tire is also part of the suspension system. I've seen shock mounts torn out of the body due to low profile tires transferring too much road abuse to a component not designed for that...
Got really low profile tires. They grip and drive well but damn they feel weak to potholes. One tire exploded, another got a bubble in the sidewall, one rim cracked.
So true ! and they cost more and wear out faster in my history
But they look cool so it’s worth it
@@rickybobbydastar6534 no
@@charlesrodriguez7984 to me it’s worth it plus I’ve had good luck no bad or cracked rims
even forged rims?
It's not true. They don't wear faster. They are safer because you got more control over the car. Obviously on american streets and american cars it's trully irellevant.
I have also noticed the added benefit of the outward curve of the normal tire sidewall will keep your rim edge from damage if you scuff a curb or roll over one while turning. The rounded profile of the sidewall sticks out beyond the edge of the rim. I have 20+ year old polished aluminum rims I run on my 2000 Buick that look brand new even after potholes, scuffs, bumps, and curb rolls. I have always used standard tires and they get the abuse not the expensive rims. Scotty is so on the money here. Listen to his wisdom and save yourself the unnecessary headache and heartache of damaged rims and your wallet will thank you too.
Yeahhh except for the car manufacturers are now making these tires standard on a lot of cars. So if you want a newer car you might be stuck with the low profile
@@tpeoples3516 true, true. manufactures are doing many illogical, stupid things these days such as removing dipsticks, spare tires , etc... Imagine this, your taking a drive and your nice low pro tire hits a small pot hole, tire pops, and the rim gets destroyed. What now? Oh yeah I'll just grab my spare, oh wait I just remembered I opted for the no spare model for fuel economy. Let's hope you were forward thinking enough to spring for some sort of roadside service plan. This is the insane reality we are heading for.
@@patricknesbit2334 yup. Some manufacturers have roadside assistance with "free" towing when you buy the car. But here's the thing. It's only free if they tow you to the dealership AND the dealership services the car.
@@tpeoples3516 yup! It's a trap for sure in many instances. Plus many dealerships are rude, disrespectful, and charge for things they never fixed. I have been a member of triple A since I was in college back in 1998. I have utilized there services for myself and friends I was riding with many times since and always had excellent treatment and service. The $90+ a year I pay is well worth the hassles and headaches it saves me from.
I have 55s for my summers and 65s for my winters, and can confirm the 65s feel much better and sturdier taking on rough roads and potholes.
That's correct. I broke 2 rims. Welding of them was expensive.
And they hardly ever come back well balanced.
It's not worth welding wheels. Most welds I've seen at my tire shop leak
@@misteraxeman2680 they can be done right. Depends on the shop and their level of equipment. It’s a LOT cheaper than replacing.
Had low profile tires on a car I had for 2 years, never had an issue lol. Scotty has decent advice sometimes but most of the time not. (Of course this is my opinion tho)
But did you hit big potholes?
@@edwardguillen4381 I live in Texas. Of course I hit big potholes lol. The car I had the tires came lower profile stock.
@@SpoookyGamez surprised y’all even got potholes as nice as the weather is there, it’s nun but potholes in northern ohio 😅
I’d like to see Scotty make a video clowning a pick up truck driver with low profile tires/after market rims. They expect to haul stuff or put lots of weight on the bed and go over potholes or speed bumps while looking super cool. 😂🤣
I have 235/40/R18 on my Civic and I think they're a good balance of comfort and looks and car companies seem to put this as standard on most vehicules these days.
Still too low imo/
I didn’t know when I bought my car. Two bent rims and two blowouts later, on ONE pot hole, now I know!!!
I honestly wonder what you guys do with your cars. Do you buy the shittiest rims out there and drive a 100 mph into the biggest pothole you can find? I’ve had these kinds of tyres for years and have never had a single problem. Maybe you guys are the problem rather than the tyres
@@av_tbk8605 in over 40 years of driving I’ve never had it happen before with normal sized rims and tires. The point is, these oversized rims are more apt to get bent than a normal sized rim.
Scotty points out the price of looking cool. I love it!
Low pros are a pain to work on, but I like the challenge 😂
I learned the hard way, my wife hit a pot hole and broke two rims on her Lincoln.
Atlanta roads are full of potholes, so far I have cracked 2 rims with my low profile tires.
Scotty is the # ONE ex- Texan on earth.
People in my age bracket (almost as old as Scotty) remember when 70 series was considered low profile, 65 didn't exist yet, 60 was for the cool kids, and 50 was for showing you were a total gearhead. Likewise, 13 inch wheels were considered small, 14 inch medium, and 15 inch large.
I removed the tires from my car when it was brand new, and put taller tires on, for added ground clearance, improved impact protection, and more load index safety margin. The tires last longer too, because they're expecting the weight of a minivan but only carrying the weight of a Prius Prime.
When you roll back up to RI, I'll come down and show you if you want, I'm only 2 hours away.
Great description of tire profile history, I still wonder where low profile tire begins, is it at 50, 55 %, I drive on 55 tires in my Camry, and I am tempted to jump to 60 in my next set of tires.
People who run rubber bands (low pro tires) know what they are getting into. If they don't, they learn fast. Some people will tow these to car shows and even meets. So dumb if you ask me. I like driving my cars most places. If you got it like that... I guess, hopefully you have other cars you don't do this to that can drive normally.
they tow them so they dont get dirty not cause of the tires 😂
@@hundredlives3910 they tow them to keep lower mileage if they tow them all that dirt kicking up from the front tow vehicle ends up on the vehicle being towed.
This man is doing Gods work
I absolutely mangled my front left rim on my 2000 Lincoln Town Car 2 years ago and it had 225/60R16 tires. I was going 30 on a slick road and slid off the side into a foot deep ditch, slammed the ground twice and ended back up on the road, where I was able to safely pull in someone's driveway about 50 feet down the road.
So true. I will never buy another car with low profile tires. They are expensive, ride rough, wear out fast, and become very noisy when about halfway through their life. Avoid them like the plague.
My friend once tried to drive a Volkswagen SUV that came with low profile tires on a dirt road with sharp rocks. He ended up blowing a tire pretty quickly. Seems pretty counter intuitive for an SUV with AWD to blow a tire on rough roads so easily. I can drive my FWD Toyota Corolla on the same road with no issues.
Suvs belong into a City and on pavement
Absolutely agree. Formula One dont have low profile tires. I actually think low profile look ridiculous.
I always laugh when I see Mercedes Benz or BMWs on the side of the road with a flat. They look cool? Yeh whatever.
Your acting like you even own a pair of tires lol
I rode for 250 miles in the backseat of a 1985 CameroZ28 on the worst two lane roads I have ever been on the Z28 had low profile tires. It took me 6 months twice a week at the Chiropractor to ease the pain
Scott, what do you think of a Honda Jazz or Honda Fit? Used vs New?
I am thinking on buying 1
Buy new, used cars are big on money
So u don't have to worry about previous owner maintenance, rarely anyone changes oil
I would say buy a low mileage used one, Hondas are really easy to work on and the parts aren't expensive.
Beta male?
I would never ever put low p's on my cars. A Crown Vic & Subaru Outback, Yeah right. DON'T EVEN MENTION LOWRIDER! 😲😲😲
We pay taxes, we should have good roads 👌 to ride
Sotty we love you buddy
If only they weren't using the taxes for other means like subsidies, etc.
One day we will have rubber roads and concrete tires.
I've been running 30's & 35's ( on cars ) for years & years.
Never a single tire or rim issue.
But some people can't stay away from curbs & that doesn't help.
Whenever I want to drive “sporty” I just put another 5 to 10 psi in the tires. It doesn’t go over the inflation limit and it makes a noticeable difference.
I bought a tire in the 1980's was branded Semperant or something similar, were recommended in Road and Track magazine. They handled like a dream but everything stuck to them. Cigarette butts, papers, trash, you name it. When i parked it was hilarious, all the junk stuck to them.
I always see those thin tired cars on the highway shoulder with a flat.
I'm glad for my classic Italian-made, 15-inch alloy wheels -- they look great, and the amazing 95 MERC rides, stops, and steers excellently.
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Yup blew out two tires on one pothole running 45 aspect ratio. They do look cool though. Unfortunately a normal tire will rub so would need smaller rims too.
Ok.. I have had so many flats on my accord .... question...can I put a normal sized tire on these rims???
You would have to get smaller wheels if you wanted higher profile tyres otherwise you would mess up the trip computer and speedometer and potentially cause rubbing issues.
I live in Canada, where our highways are made of soft asphalt. So low pro tires are ok. Those roads in US with the expansion bars in the concrete are brutal on rims.
Most cars get a style of tire based on the rim. Depending on what size tire your car requires you won’t find a wider sidewall tire to substitute.
Low profile tires SUCK big time on a daily driver vehicle.
the joy of being behind one of these economy sedans turned supercar as they panic brake at every bump and crack on the road. they truly deserve their own lane
The one time I actually agree with Scotty. I personally don't want to go less than my current 45 series. More out of ride comfort and replacement cost. That said, I've had a car with 45's for 10 years and have never had a blowout or rim damage, and my area streets are terrible. Keep them to proper inflation.
My Acura tl and my Scion Tc both came with low profile tires .
If you keep them inflated to the max psi and avoid pot holes and rough RR track crossings , its not so bad .
225/60r16 on wbodys are like shocks by themselves😂
When I bought my Lexus, it had the factory 17" rims but the previous owner put REALLY wide tires on it. It rode like a magic carpet but it wandered all over the road. I bought a new set of 18" rims and put some Pirelli's on it, and it really tightened up the handling but did not compromise the ride quality much whatsoever. I worry about damaging a rim, but around here there's almost no potholes, so far so good.
To be different is to be cool? I guess that is the motivation for the low profile tire. I never needed this guy to tell me what was obvious by just looking at the tire and wheel.
Nothing like steelies and normal size tires!
I had a pothole cause a blowout with a low profile tire in the middle of nowhere at 3am!
so true i pinched my tire recently due to bad roads and had to get new thicker tires
On a daily driver you’ll be buying new tires every 1.5 to 2 years if you’re lucky. On a weekend toy they should last 3 to 4 years if you’re not daily driving it too much or too hard.
My tires and wheels don’t get damaged on my 2016 camaro but I slide off the road easy on rain .
rubber bands LOL XD
I really don't see the massive appeal of low profile tires when they only do one thing better than high profile not worth it. Another thing is when they come with almost every vehicle nowadays not even the " sports edition "
Been dailys on 30s for years...not an easy life but you learn where all the bumps n potholes are lol
I fully agree with you for sedans, and regular cars. Now with sports cars, you can't be putting balloon tires on them. It defeats the purpose of buying one in the first place.
Says even race cars don’t use low profile tires. Looks at the new f1 tires
On a race track with bumpy corners it is desirable to have more flexible sidewalls and contact patches. This equals better traction around the corner vs low profile. The advantage to low profile tires is less unsprung weight and perhaps better braking since there is less rotational inertia. Pot holes are a bummer.
I’d pay money to follow Scotty around F1 pits
Problem is that there becoming the new standard. They are trying to obsolete the large side wall tires. 17" rims are the new minimal rim size.
Personally, I have always thought low profile tires looked cheesy & ghetto, never mind you lose comfort. & smooth ride.
I wonder how well they still sell. There were a few years I could guess with about 80% accuracy that any car in the side of the road was one with low profile tires.
Depends on what size wheels came with the car and space in the wheel arch.i do love having my filling knocked out with every bump in the road !
Racing is actually shifting to low profile tires, funnily enough it’s because they want the cars to look closer to consumer rides so they can get more attention and sales probably, even formula 1 is running on 18 inch wheels now
Go even further, fit a smaller diameter wheel (As long as it clears the brake caliper) and get some taller tyres to get back to the same overall diameter,or very close
not to mention just how expensive low profile tires are I work at a tire shop and the cheapest I can get them is normally 150 +, With normal tires I can get some of my cheapest at 60+, of course its not a great tire, but size matters.
Got a question for your Scotty. I’ve seen you do segments on oil and oil changes. I have a Ford F350 that takes synthetic blend and I go by percentage on the oil life. I only drive this vehicle maybe 3000-4000 miles a year but with that short mileage my percentage goes down. So instead of changing my oil every 5000, it has me changing it every 3000 with a synthetic blend motor oil. Should I just reset my percentage and not change the oil that soon?
NASCAR does this year lol. They switched to low pros. But they’ve had a few tire issues all ready. We’ll see what come of it
With the technical advancements in modern tires even the older 75, 70, 65, 60, and 55 aspect ratio tire sizes provide significantly increased dry traction and wet traction. Try a set of high quality tires in those sizes, that fit your car and its existing wheels, before you decide to get bigger wheels with 50, 45, 40, 35, or 30 aspect ratio tires.
Formula 1: I'm pretending I didn't hear that
Better yet, steel rims can be bent back with a basic hammer, while aluminum rims crack. Funny enough that the cheap option of hubcaps and steelies, are the best for longevity.
If someone likes the look of low profile tires, maybe they can get hub caps that extend beyond the rim
You should design futur cars that way they will be much more reliable and by extention much more environmentally friendly
Moral of this vid use the tires balanced
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Awesome scotty!
Let me just have this one Scotty boy
They don't even look cool, they look ridiculous.
I agree. I've seen many Cadillac Escalades roll up with these and I think they look retarded.
@@TheMotorick not a real Caddy w/o whitewalls.
Scotty knows the deal👍
Scotty I need new tires for my rav4 looking for all season any tires you recommend? Was looking at crossclimate but they are extremely expensive
So far the wife and I have avoided any wheels larger than 17” on our cars. It often means you have to buy the lower trim model. But with the 17”ers on my Mazda 6 and the 16”ers on my wife’s Camry, we have over 200,000 miles without pothole damage to a wheel or tire. I will not buy something with 18” or 19” wheels.
Discount tires from discount tire stores are tires to avoid, also. You get what you pay for.
Shattered two low profile 18 inch allows in 3 months in England horrid things get a 45 sidewall atleast
this is why id go no lower profile thana 40 or 45 depending on the width
And plus if you go on any logging road, you’re gonna need a few spares
And they look 'Fugly' IMO also!
Because it looks cool.
Avoid tires at all cost
You are right Chief👍👍👍
So change out oem tires right away?
Low profile tires in the hood, potholes in the hood..more rims sold in the hood.
I always hated low profile tires and never understand why people use them. They just look like someone was too cheap to buy a full tire.
I miss the Toyo 800u is there anything as good available today
Some cars that come with low profile tires require an entirely new set of wheels if you wish to put “regular” tires on them.
When my tires wear out on my new car I plan on getting new regular rims and tires
Look for the "steel" cop car/ taxicab like replacement wheels that allow 50, 55, 60, or 65 aspect ratio series tires to be used.
@@davidhoffman1278 Is there another name I should look for?
@@sh1529,
Sometimes they are the wheels put on the base/value version of the model car. Base/Value/Economy versions of Camrys, Altimas, Corollas, etcetera usually come with black paint steel wheels with the highest aspect ratio tires. Look for Base/Value/Economy in the parts catalogs like Rock Auto.
what is Scotty's opinion of "stance cars"?
Those side edge tires suck when you have to dismount them or do any work on them. Not to mention the price point.
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They need to force manufacturers to make a higher profile option. At least a 65
Jeez what size sidewall is that? Tiny