Chinese Tires.....again!
Interesting reading from Consumer Reports
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Normally I'm not fan of CR. I have seen too many reviews where they just flat got it wrong, for example, Picking the Atari Super Turkey over the Amiga from Commodore because the ST was a few dollars cheaper.... but they did not buy everything they needed for the ST which means it was actually more expensive.
Or comparing two cars where the only difference is the paint job (Ford Escort/Mercury Tracer) panning the less expensive Ford while praising the More expensive Tracer, THEY ARE THE SAME CAR with a differen paint job is all.
There was also a review that I truly believe has killed people.. But that's a much longer story.
Page 2: In this case though I think they got it right.
They talked about the low-cost Chinese tires compared to a more expensive tire say Mitchlin.. Noted that in many cases the more expensive tire had a better tread pattern that meant it did a better job of keeping your can under control on other than perfect roads, Also tire life was up to 3 times the China Road Bombs (As another poster named them) so even if you paid more for a quality tire up front,,, You saved long term....
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Story of my coworkers, One making fun of another who had just bought a Ford "Splash" pick up truck and equipped it with extra wide rear wheels.. Fords are light in the rear to start with and with those extra wide roller skate wheels, Forget traction in snow.
We got to work, parked at the bottom of the hill, roads looked like AZ in August,, While we worked it SNOWED!!, end of shift roads looked like Upper MI in Feburary. (About six to eight inches)
I got to admit the braggart was right, it was fun watching the kit make his way up the hill with that truck.. What was more fun......
Watching McBrag go up the hill exactly as "The Kid" had done but with his big Lincoln mark whatever land yatch.
What was no fun: Two young ladies, One from GA one from Texas front wheel drive, straight up the hill
Last out the lot,, Me, Chrysler compact station wagon,, Straight up the hill (Rear wheel drive)
McBrag said it was all those heavy boxes I had in the car (3 or 4 empty corrugated paper boxes, perhaps one pound total)
What did the trick for me: Kelly Navigator 800's.. that was what my car had on for snow boots, Kelly Navigator 800's. These are very very aggressive tires.
Or comparing two cars where the only difference is the paint job (Ford Escort/Mercury Tracer) panning the less expensive Ford while praising the More expensive Tracer, THEY ARE THE SAME CAR with a differen paint job is all.
There was also a review that I truly believe has killed people.. But that's a much longer story.
Page 2: In this case though I think they got it right.
They talked about the low-cost Chinese tires compared to a more expensive tire say Mitchlin.. Noted that in many cases the more expensive tire had a better tread pattern that meant it did a better job of keeping your can under control on other than perfect roads, Also tire life was up to 3 times the China Road Bombs (As another poster named them) so even if you paid more for a quality tire up front,,, You saved long term....
Page 3:
Story of my coworkers, One making fun of another who had just bought a Ford "Splash" pick up truck and equipped it with extra wide rear wheels.. Fords are light in the rear to start with and with those extra wide roller skate wheels, Forget traction in snow.
We got to work, parked at the bottom of the hill, roads looked like AZ in August,, While we worked it SNOWED!!, end of shift roads looked like Upper MI in Feburary. (About six to eight inches)
I got to admit the braggart was right, it was fun watching the kit make his way up the hill with that truck.. What was more fun......
Watching McBrag go up the hill exactly as "The Kid" had done but with his big Lincoln mark whatever land yatch.
What was no fun: Two young ladies, One from GA one from Texas front wheel drive, straight up the hill
Last out the lot,, Me, Chrysler compact station wagon,, Straight up the hill (Rear wheel drive)
McBrag said it was all those heavy boxes I had in the car (3 or 4 empty corrugated paper boxes, perhaps one pound total)
What did the trick for me: Kelly Navigator 800's.. that was what my car had on for snow boots, Kelly Navigator 800's. These are very very aggressive tires.
