New member from San Diego

[VoleakySport]

Hello all,

My wife and I traded our 2009 Mazda5 in for a new silver Mazda3 Skyactiv hatchback with an automatic transmission. We have about 700 miles on it now, and we are enjoying it immensely. No mods are planed, as I never mod any vehicle, but I love seeing all the mods going on with the members here. Really cool stuff. This is one sweet ride, and I replaced the factory Bridgestones with Kumho 4X in size 225/50/16 (for safety and comfort reasons).

Best regards

 

[GoBackToSleep]

Welcome to the forums. As far as the tires are concerned, these Bridgestone Turanzas are absolutely terrible, JELL-O like wastes of vulcanized rubber with no grip outside of careful driving. Coming from a Mazdaspeed 3 with all-season Kumho Ecsta ASX tires which were worlds better than the OEM-equipped ones on the Skyactiv 3, the difference is night and day. Unfortunately, I will be hanging on to these tires until they're unusable. A set of Continental ExtremeContact DWS or some all-season performance Kumho tires are in my car's future. I would honestly love to get summer tires, but I'd end up needing a winter set of wheels and tires in case a bad snowstorm hits. In Philly, winters are either cold and full of precipitation or mild.

Anyway, good luck with the new car! I definitely have been enjoying mine for the past two months so far, with the exception of these lousy tires.

 

[VoleakySport]

Thank you, it's great to be here and the Mazda3 Skyactiv is incredible. I think the Kumho 4X's are terrific tires, especially in the 225/50/16 size. The steering feel is right on, the cornering grip is as much as I will ever need, they are very comfortable over speed bumps (several of them in my neighborhood), and the little bit of extra width gives increased rim protection.