The Bridgestone Turanza EL42 Tire - a Product Review

If you want a Bridgestone Turanza EL 42 review from someone who takes immaculate care of their tires, then this is not the review for you. I hate to rotate my tires, and I am much more prone to have my tires rotated when I purchase them from a shop that is just down the road. I purchased our family a 2007 Honda Odyssey in November 2007 and it was equipped with Bridgestone Turanza tires that I had to rotate myself. Thankfully, these tires are some of the best tires I've ever had and I have gotten a lot of miles out of them despite only rotating the tires once. This is my review of these tires.

Bridgestone Turanza EL42 Ride Quality
When we purchased our Honda Odyssey we were stepping down in size from a Chevy Suburban that had an immaculate ride. Our initial response to the ride quality was what you would expect out of a mini van, it was OK but not spectacular. I have recently changed tire brands to a different model and the ride of our van was noticeably worse. I drove back to the shop and returned them and begged them for a set of Bridgestone Turanza EL 42s. I paid a small restocking fee, but it was worth it. From the moment the Turanza's were put back on our, van drove like a new vehicle again. These tires are well balanced and hug the road great. We have had many instances where we had to make a quick avoidance turn, and several times we had to brake hard. The Turanza tires handled everything we had to throw at them despite being unevenly worn due to my lack of maintenance. A properly maintained tire will do even better.

Bridgestone Turanza EL42 Road Noise
Any time you don't rotate your tires as you should you need to expect addtional road noise. I must admit that now that we have a new set of tires on our van that the road noise is much less noticeable. The new tires make it much more enjoyable to have a conversation in the car. We were pleasantly surprised that we could turn the radio down a few notches just because of the decreased tire noise.