Goodyear Marathons
Hello all. I wanted to put my 2 cents worth in about Goodyear Marathons. On this forum I've read much about the Goodyears. Personally I've had good service with 2 sets. I don't think it's just good lu...
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Most people using them don’t even know there is a problem, and the reason is most of them will never have a tire related problem…
Also the problem that does exist is much exaggerated especially on the internet where everything reported is one dimensional time wise and repeated and relayed many times over… how relevant is it if Joe had a blowout fifteen years ago that he is still posting about today as though it were yesterday…
That don’t excuse the problems that are real and could affect any of us at any time… all tire brands, types and in every type of use experience catastrophic tire failures… as often as not, but seldom admitted it is operator error or road hazard that was the cause… and I don’t know how anyone can honestly deny the problem is greater with the ST tire though…
While it’s no surprise that Chinese ST tires fail an alarming rate, it is almost surely because almost every ST tire is Chinese made…
But I see Chinese quality issues as a separate problem for the problems of the ST tire… it’s just that Chinese made and ST tire is like only having only one strike left every time you come to bat…
Also the problem that does exist is much exaggerated especially on the internet where everything reported is one dimensional time wise and repeated and relayed many times over… how relevant is it if Joe had a blowout fifteen years ago that he is still posting about today as though it were yesterday…
That don’t excuse the problems that are real and could affect any of us at any time… all tire brands, types and in every type of use experience catastrophic tire failures… as often as not, but seldom admitted it is operator error or road hazard that was the cause… and I don’t know how anyone can honestly deny the problem is greater with the ST tire though…
While it’s no surprise that Chinese ST tires fail an alarming rate, it is almost surely because almost every ST tire is Chinese made…
But I see Chinese quality issues as a separate problem for the problems of the ST tire… it’s just that Chinese made and ST tire is like only having only one strike left every time you come to bat…
