New 23 Tahoe here...Tire Question

[CASTLEDFW15]

Michelin Defebders is my vote…. I had the BridgesStone Alenza’s for OEM. I swapped to Defenders but not totally due to the Alenza’s. I was trading the TX Edition polish red aluminum rims to Gloss Black anyway and took advantage of the wheel swap to switch everything and keep the OEM rims neat for trade in.

I have the 23 Premier with Continental (20’s) I did swap to the Gloss Black rims but stayed with 20’s. I won’t swap the tires just to swap them but when ready I will trade out to Michelin Defenders. I have had excellent luck with Michelins on past SUV’s and Even BridgeStone Dueler Alenza’s…..weird they were good on my Explorer but not so much on the Tahoe….must be the size difference……….I know someone is going to enter a…..”That’s what she said”……..get it over with you juveniles…

 

[mrhp]

Just got the Tahoe back from the body shop. Yea!

 

[mrhp]

Pulled my 7000 pound race trailer and averaged 13 mpg while towing. Towed great and very happy with the fuel economy. This Tahoe never seems to disappoint with power or fuel economy.

 

[olyelr]

Pulled my 7000 pound race trailer and averaged 13 mpg while towing. Towed great and very happy with the fuel economy. This Tahoe never seems to disappoint with power or fuel economy.

Its a little disappointing that they dont do as well as the previous gens did, but still very acceptable IMO.

 

[mrhp]

Swapped factory muffler and flapper valve for a magnaflow stainless muffler. No more tin can sound on start up, no more whoosh sound from a stuck flapper valve, and a nice throaty sound. wife loves it! Will track fuel economy with new straight through muffler and see if we get any gains.

 

[mrhp]

Going back to the body shop. The left rear got backed into from some douche with a trailer. Got the upper and lower bumper cover. Damn. Have not been on a trip to check fuel economy. Wife still likes the sound.

 

[mrhp]

Got the body shop appointment this week. They only need it for a couple hours. What next????

 

[mrhp]

Finally got it back yesterday. Some wrong parts came in twice that delayed the repair. Glad to have it fixed.

 

[mrhp]

Just an update on the tires. Have about 25,000 miles on them. Still going great. Rotate every 6,000-10,000 miles or whenever I start to see any abnormal wear. Very happy with them. They are great in ice and snowy conditions.

 

[KMeloney]

Man, my '23 is just over a month old, and I wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with the factory Bridgestones before reading this forum. Hmm...