Goodyear Endurance long term review.

LarryJM wrote:
Again you don't seem to understand that I would wagger that a VERY, VERY large percentage (probably 75% or greater) of all TT use 14in tires where LTs are simply not available or even exist. Couple that with a lot of factory axle spacing again even makes moving up to an LT tire which most are 16in is again not a trivial mod and I've not even addressed the width increases for LTs that might cause interference issues with things like wheel well trim or internal clearances.

As far as putting up with shorter lifespan and quality issues, in the 40 years of TT ownership and using GY STs since the mid 90's except for one set of Kumho 857s I have only experienced tread separation and actual tire failures with the Kumho 857s and have never gotten less than 5 to 7 years use out of the STs I have used.

While I might only be a data point of one, but that data point says all your worries is without any real foundation and not based on real world verifiable facts.

Larry

What you don't understand is that we are talking about a specific tire: 255/85/16, which is easily found in LT sizes. I'm talking about an ST tire that can be replace easily with an LT tire, so why would you put up with an inferior tire? We're not talking generalities here, we're talking about a specific tire.

Your data point may be valid, but the OP has "real world verifiable facts" that say he's only going to get about 25,000 miles out of a set of ST tires, that have issues. And he could switch to LT tires and expect to get probably twice that mileage out of them.

Hie "real world verifiable facts" say that he has an out-of-round tire, sidewall cracks that may, or may not, be a problem, and a flat spot on the tread. These are real, and a person shouldn't have to put up with this type of sub-standard tire, ST or LT.