The China-Bomb debate Put to rest
Almost every week or more a thread appears with someone with a tire question. And just as predictably the China Bomb experts come out and start decrying all Chinese made tires. Then usually they re...
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CapriRacer wrote:
So I am of the opinion that changing the government regulations for ST tires isn't the way to go. I am also of the opinion that ST tires will pass the LT tests as they are on the books now - hence the justification for not changing the regulations
This as you stated is your opinion.
My opinion based on my many ST tire failures vs zero LT tire failures is just the opposite.
Some ST tires may pass the tests, but certainly not any of the multitude I owned.
As for higher standards not being the answer... I disagree with your reasoning that they are already being exceeded by the manufacturers, so there is no need... If this is true, then higher testing standards would make the manufacturers increase their quality to exceed the new standards as well... The result would be better tires.
Doing nothing with the standards is not improving anything.
