Tire Advice (MPG, traction)? Currently have Ecopia 422 Plus

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by Nate Ramos, Jun 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM.

  1. Nate Ramos

    Nate Ramos New Member

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    Hi all,

    I've been searching around trying to compare other tires versus the Ecopia 422 plus (2013 Toyota Prius, so 195/65R15), and I'd like to hear others' experiences with other tires in terms of MPG and traction (any metrics like the EU tire rating equivalents would be awesome to know about too). Moved to Minneapolis last year and my low tread Ecopias were a bit slippery on the ice, to be expected. My highway MPG stays close to 48, so ideally I either find a tire with similar MPG and better traction, or get another set of Ecopias. Thank you!
     
  2. Tombukt2

    Tombukt2 Senior Member

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    Like I said elsewhere I run the cheap tires right now I'm running ecosa Forza . Amazon $49 tires and the size range mentioned above 45K . These cars have no use for 129 tyres
    . I've bought the cars with them can't tell any difference from what I regularly run . So I don't 40 PSI all round rarely checked TPMS light off on all mine etc . We wanna drive almost no cost if possible
     
  3. Andy Pants

    Andy Pants Junior Member

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    In Wisconsin here, we got an extra set of cheap wheels and run Blizzaks in the winter, Ecopias in the spring/summer/fall. Any tire that gives great mpg will not do well on ice. With the Blizzaks these Prius's are actually pretty unstoppable surprisingly