Chinese RV tires... holding up!
Got a new RV with factory installed Made in China tires with unknown brand. I figure I'll have it replaced after a year. But to my pleasant surprise, after a thousand miles and 5 months in deep ...
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JRscooby wrote:fj12ryder wrote:
I think the China-made tires are lightyears ahead in quality from the ones sourced a decade ago. There were some very shoddy tires coming on trailers as OEM in the early 2010's.
Are you old enough to remember back in the mid '50s when toys "made in Japan" where nothing but junk. In my family the J word was enough to be sure nothing but toys bought. But by mid/late '60s most imports from Japan where of high quality and some things where far superior than available made in US.
In the late '80s I was friends with a lady, about my age, that lived in Japan until the early '60s. Discussing this issue she pointed out that when she got to US goods made in USA where of higher quality than USA made in her home country. She pointed out that maybe the manufactures of Japan where shipping the quality they thought Americans expected, based on what they saw.
I wonder if US has not sold lower quality goods to China, and they manufactured the quality they thought we expected?
True dat!
It's possible that we are getting better quality as we are famously descriminating consumer -- and can pay a little more.
In Asia, China products are still notoriously low quality -- but for them, cheap is higher in the hierarchy of life's priorities.
