China Tire Manufacturing
In the referenced document you will find information that may help your fears about double standards for “off shore” tire manufacturers. This is about Passenger and Light Truck tires. Many of them ...
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The quality of tires, the frequency of problems IMHO is abysmal compared to thirty years ago.
I never used to have windshield glass crack or pit as easily as it does now.
Manufacturers design limits intentionally into products to increase sales. When I recommended substituting a pair of thirty cent ball bearings to replace twenty cent bushings to one manufacturer, they about had a heart attack - for a hundred fifty dollar item whose primary fault was early bushing wearout.
In an era of green necessity, and exploding consumption of natural resources, manufacturing a product intentionally to be defective or short-lived should be outlawed. "Comsumptors" of natural resources no longer have the luxury of wasting them for the sake of profit. Manufacturers risk eventual government intervention for the sake of a buck. This is about as stupid as it gets. I am glad to have gotten out of the battery design business before the era of "recycled contaminated lead" reared its ugly head. Welcome to a 2nd class consumer society...
I never used to have windshield glass crack or pit as easily as it does now.
Manufacturers design limits intentionally into products to increase sales. When I recommended substituting a pair of thirty cent ball bearings to replace twenty cent bushings to one manufacturer, they about had a heart attack - for a hundred fifty dollar item whose primary fault was early bushing wearout.
In an era of green necessity, and exploding consumption of natural resources, manufacturing a product intentionally to be defective or short-lived should be outlawed. "Comsumptors" of natural resources no longer have the luxury of wasting them for the sake of profit. Manufacturers risk eventual government intervention for the sake of a buck. This is about as stupid as it gets. I am glad to have gotten out of the battery design business before the era of "recycled contaminated lead" reared its ugly head. Welcome to a 2nd class consumer society...
