The new ST tires. Fact or fiction (marketing)
It is good that some manufacturers seem to be stepping up the quality of their ST tire offerings.. And even better that many of the proponents of ST tires on this forum are welcoming these new tires w...
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Idahoan wrote:Not quite. In the past, the labs were required to purchase their samples at random retail locations.coolbreeze01 wrote:
While Government testing can be helpful finding defects, the end user is the real tester.
Fatal flaws in automobiles, airliners, and tires are just a few examples.
Not every tire that comes of the line is put through the testing. They build an original "prototype" that is tested, and what is really being tested is the design and manufacturing process. What they expect is that their manufacturing process is good enough to consistantly produce the same results as the "ptototype" achieved.
With that being said and knowing that if somethng can go wrong it will go wrong, not every tire that comes of the line is perfect and yes there will be failures. As consumers we just have to hope that the manufacturing process and controls at the factory are good enough that those failure are few.
