Tire Brands: Good, Bad, Wretched

I have no clue, I am reasonably sure it wasn't a spike strip, I haven't run
from the cops in many a year. <G>
By the time I became aware the tire was flat it was destroyed, sudden
failure because of unknown reasons.
Had the same problem years ago with Goodyear Wranglers on an old Chevy
Pickup truck, They were as easy to cut as racing slicks. The Goodyear's on
my wife's Grand Marquis, all failed because of tread separation, Probably
just a bad batch of tires, But the local Goodyear dealer was unwilling to do
anything about it. On the other hand, I had a 30' travel trailer that came
with Goodyear Marathon trailer tires, In 40,000 of towing miles I never even
had a flat tire.

Jack Cassidy

 

In all fairness, General makes some really crappy tires too, as do most
other brands. Perhaps the one's you recommended don't fall into that
category, but let's be even-handed here.

 

Maybe you should read my posts. I picked a specific General, not General
tires.

Clay

 

This morning four new Goodyear 70,000 mile Silvers were installed.

I worried too much about the buying the "buy 3 get 1 free" Pep Boys,
the latest Bridgestone/Firestone deal etal

They didn't have that Falken where i went

So, I ended up getting the above, and with balancing, warranty, aand
taxes and damage to my credit card for $404, which may or may not be
a good deal, but at least i won't be worrying about quality, unless i
read a "legit" or two horror anecdote , such as:

"Joe spent a hundred $ a tire & nevetheless had a tire separate (or
blowout) on the way to Atlantic City on that rather rough highway from
Philly." C'est la vie. C'est la morte.

More irrelevant trivia for irregardlesss fans: Wasn't it Goodyear whom
invented the air/pneumatic tire, or was it a "nobody," although
Goodyear won the patent dispute, or what?

 

I hope you enjoy them, and they wear long!
Clay

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Again, I have to knock Kumhos. My 2007 Tiburon SE came with the Solus
16's on it. I now have less than 30k on them and need a new set. I don't
drive like a maniac and most of the miles are highway, commuting 54
miles a day to and from work. You can bet Kumho's are not on my list for
replacements.

 

re: kumhos

can you affirm that they weren't variably under or over inflated for
weeks/months and the vehicle is not substantively mis-aligned and/or
there isn't some kinduv of tire damaging anomaly?

what does the manufacturer claim as the expected mileage for these
tires when new?

i'm not expecting to get 70,000 miles from my new ones, because face
reality there are many potholes, other road hazards, and curbs to hit
ungently plus if ya get a slow leak, then you're ..uh....."skinned"

 

The car has TPMS so I'm notified when TP is 10% under. I do add a little
air. Recommended is 32 PSI. I ran 34 PSI. My '97 Tiburon averaged 50k on
a set of tires. Even the OEM Michelen's that came on the car ran 45k
before they began hydroplaning so badly you couldn't drive with high
relative humidity.