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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phillyg wrote:
I'm gonna stick with what I said because I've not found evidence requiring govt-mandated testing of ST tires. In fact, didn't someone here recently post a Consumer's Report article evidencing the lack of govt. testing of ST tires?
There has always been Govt. required testing of ST tires. The problem has always been that the standards have been so low as to make it useless.
Now we have a crop of new supposedly vastly improved ST tires....
Their supposed capabilities far exceed what the old tires were tested to..
The question is: Have the testing requirements for ST tires been updated in order to verify the new capabilities of the ST tires.
It appears that even though the ST tire fans are thrilled about the prospect of the new tires (thereby admitting that the old ones were seriously lacking) that they are willing to just take the manufacturers word for it.... The same ones that for many years told us how great the old tires were!
