Re: Tire Brands: Good, Bad, Wretched

"Crabman" <C@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Jack Cassidy wrote:
>> "Robert Cohen" <robtcohen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>>
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>>> http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirebran.jsp
>>>
>>> These are mostly/many brands I'm not expereinced with.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking currently of Fuzion and Continental as the least
>>> expensive, but ya gets what ya pays for, I suppose,  tho not always.
>>>
>>> Are there any sleepers in this list? (Low price/fine quality =
>>> sleeper)
>>>
>>> Terrifically bad pun intended: Some pricey brands imho are overly
>>> inflated.
>>>
>>> I won't mention one tho, hintt, it starts with "M" and speaks with
>>> ghostly appearing French accent
>>>
>>> Any body who has had a particularly good or particularly bad tire
>>> brand on his/her beloved hyundai heap deluxe, please clue moi, or
>>> forever have a slow leak that nobody can fix
>>
>> My 2005 Accent came with tires by Kumho, When I traded it in two weeks 
>> ago it had 35,000 miles on it and three of the original tires had been 
>> replaced. No more Kumho for me. My Wife's car (2000 Mercury Grand 
>> Marquis) Came new with a handling package and speed rated Goodyear's 
At 
>> 30,000 they ALL had to be replaced, We replaced them with the M tires 
>> that you don't like and they were still on the car 82,000 miles later 
>> when we got rid of the car. I should mention that my wife drives like
low 
>> flying aircraft, she is hard on tires and cars in general. For me, I
buy 
>> my tires at Wal-Mart or Sam's club, Their road hazard  warranty is 
>> unbeatable. One other thing, I am from the city where Pep Boys 
>> originated, I would not let them even check my oil, let alone align my 
>> car. I'll pay a few bucks more and let a competent front end shop do
the 
>> alignment. Just my opinion.
>>
>> Jack Cassidy
> while this is interesting information. What kuhmos were they, and what 
> goodyears? That's very im****tant.
> Michelin makes pretty expensive junk too.
>
> Clay

On the 2000 Grand Marquis they were Goodyear Eagles and the speed rating
was 
either S or T,  I don't remember. On The 2005 Accent The Kumho's were 
whatever came with the car, standard 13" wheels, and were expensive 
considering the small size. Ironically, The new ride, a 2008 Suzuki
Ferenza 
also has Kumho tires but 15" wheels. I hope they do better than the ones
on 
the Accent, I had to replace the first one on that car at less than 2000 
miles.
I realize that this is all antidotal and has nothing to do with service 
other people get out of other brands.

Jack Cassidy