2016 Hyundai Elantra Tires

Before I begin, my car is a 2016 Hyundai Elantra SE with about 104,000 miles. Pretty much standard except for my exhaust and the tire size I use. The standard size is 195/65 x 15 but I've been using 205/60 x 15 for almost as long as I've had the car. The performance they provide is so much better than the standard size, you should seriously consider making the switch when you buy your next set. Question: How do you tell someone that the price of tires has shotup without actually telling them? Simple. Just tell them that tires are made from oil just like gasoline. So thanks to Bidenomics, the tire that cost me $66 under Trump now cost 100 bucks. The reason I mention this is because I needed to find tires at a price I could afford that were decent and not the typical garbage you get for tires that cost 60 bills or less. Previously, I bought tires from Tire Rack but now they didn't have anything within my budget. During my search online for an alternative dealer, I found an ad for Simple Tire and checked out what they had available. After selecting my tire size, I searched their inventory and then sorted the list by price from low to high. That's when I found Lexani tires. Like most of you, I never heard of Lexani before, so when I read that Lexani makes tires for high-end rides, I thought how bad could they be? Not only are they not bad, they are great! I have not put that many miles on them so far (about 175), but I did notice a few things that will probably get better with use and a few others that should remain constant. My biggest criteria for tires is how they handle in wet weather. On the other hand, considering that I was driving on a set of Bald Eagles, anything was better than slipping and sliding on the highway. It rained the week before I got these tires but wouldn't you know it, it stopped raining the week after I got them and only started raining yesterday. I had to hold off on my review until I got to test them in the rain. Needless to say, I got these tires just in time before the sky opens up and it rains, nonstop, from this Friday until next Friday! (I may have to visit Lowe's to get the hardware I need for an Ark) Their handling in wet weather is excellent and a lot better than what I expected given their price. They also handle well in dry weather. Now, my biggest complaint is actually something that turned out to be a positive. These tires are rather stiff. Let's just say that in terms of stiffness, they are similar to what the Flintstones have on their car. Going over speed bumps is an exhilarating ride, that is if you like your fillings falling out of your teeth. Seriously though, they have loosened up from when I first got them and are not the jarring experience they were. So what's the big positive from having tires that stiff? Gas mileage! If you understand what rolling resistance means, then you know these tires have an insanely low amount of rolling resistance resulting in an insanely high amount of gas mileage. My typical gas mileage in the city was 28 miles a gallon and my typical highway mileage was 38 miles a gallon. My new gas mileage in the city is 34.5 mpg and my new gas mileage on the highway is 45.7 mpg. I also don't drive like a little old lady to get that, either. So if my combined mileage was somewhere around 33 miles per gallon and is now around 40 miles per gallon, then with the 15,000 miles I put on my car each year, I will be saving 79.5 gallons of gas per year (15,000/40 - 15,000/33). At $3.44/gal, that's a savings of $273.48 or slightly more than what I paid for the tires. That's assuming the gas mileage and gas prices are the same for a year (hopefully, gas prices will go down after January 2025). I read that road noise was an issue with these tires, but not for me. I'm lucky if I can hear myself think over the sound of my exhaust which is why I rated it NA. All in all, I highly recommend these tires if you drive something similar in size to an Elantra like Kia Forte, Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Mazda 3, Nissan Sentra, Subaru Impreza/Legacy, Chevy Cruze or any of the older cars that were about the same size. Of course, I also recommend these tires for other size cars but without my direct experience with them. So, what are you waiting for? Buy them NOW!