Value for money: Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2 (2018)

Goodyear is one of the few tire companies which actually has a factory located in Malaysia. The triplemax 2 came out end of December 2018 and has a main focus on wet braking performance

Should you buy this tire?

1.Wet braking

-In it’s brochure, Goodyear claimed that….. Assurance Triplemax 2 has a shorter wet braking distance as compared to 4 leading competitors* (which needed an additional 5.65m, 2.8m, 1.85m 6 1.45m) under test conditions (from 80 km/h to 1 km/h, with stopping distances derived using test deceleration data). At that time Michelin XM2+ was not launch yet. I would expect the TripleMax 2 to be just slightly worse than XM2+ due to the testing arrangement.

_{*Actual stopping distance mag vary due to ABS and other factors. Tiju SCID product Service GmbH test commissioned bu Goodyear. Tire Size: 205/55 RI 6 91U, Test Car: UW Golf Ull 1.4 TSI at Mireual France, Report No: 71312917g.}

2. Mileage

-There were no mention about any mileage improvements in the marketing materials. From a UTQG perspective TripleMax 2 has a 320 rating which is better than Bridgestone Ecopia EP300 220, while the XM2+ has a 420 rating. So it’s pretty clear that the wear performance is not as good as Michelin.

3. Price

-Taking 205/55 R16 as an example, the TripleMax2 slots in between the Michelin XM2+ and Bridgestone Ecopia EP300.

Name	Tire Size	Price(RM)
Goodyear Assurance Duraplus	175/65R14	166
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	225/65R17	413
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax	185/55R15	204
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax	195/60R16	278
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	195/65R15	258
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	195/55R15	192
Goodyear EfficientGrip	215/55R17	370
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	205/55R16	290
Goodyear GT3	175/65R15	207
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	185/55R16	227
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	235/60R18	560
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	195/60R15	227
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	185/60R15	247
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	185/65R15	212
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	225/55R19	647
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport	215/50R17	448
Goodyear Assurance Duraplus 2	185/60R14	187
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance	235/65R17	435
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport	205/55R16	326
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	195/50R16	317
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	165/55R14	186
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	195/50R15	196
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	215/45R17	308
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	215/55R16	398
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5	225/35R19	937
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	265/60R18	640
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	225/60R18	529
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	205/65R15	291
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5	225/45R18	733
Goodyear Wrangler AT/ST OWL	265/70R16	485
Goodyear EfficientGrip	225/50R17	420
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3	275/35R19	1433
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5	225/40R19	965
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	215/70R16	428
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport	225/45R17	438
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport	215/55R17	441
Goodyear EfficientGrip	215/50R17	368
Goodyear EfficientGrip	225/45R18	482
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	215/60R17	415
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport	225/55R17	458
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 ROF	225/45R18	798
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	235/55R18	559
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric SUV ROF	285/45R19	1522
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric SUV ROF	255/50R19	1381
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 MOE ROF	245/45R18	1328
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	225/50R18	535
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 MOE ROF	245/40R19	1379
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	215/60R16	350
Goodyear Wrangler AT/ST OWL	245/70R16	454
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric SUV ROF	245/45R20	953
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 ROF	255/40R18	889
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric SUV ROF	275/40R20	1136
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	265/65R17	556
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5	245/40R18	878
Goodyear Wrangler AT/ST	265/60R18	572
Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV	225/55R19	644
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5	235/35R19	972
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport	245/40R18	662
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 MOE ROF	275/40R18	1425
Goodyear Wrangler Duratac	265/65R17	544
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	215/55R18	489
Goodyear Assurance MaxGuard SUV	225/55R18	494
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 ROF	245/50R19	937
Goodyear Wrangler AT/ST OWL	265/65R17	522
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport	245/45R17	598
Goodyear Assurance Duraplus 2	175/50R15	197

Summary

Great value for money tire with wet braking in mind. You do not have to break the bank to get it while it still performed at a high level.