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:I sort of agree with part of that statement..
Except that this is the situation with LT tires. They GREATLY exceed the minimum standards - and there was no push from the government via the regulations to make that happen. It is the marketplace that is determining what the acceptable level is.
I do not profess to "know" if LT tires greatly exceed the standard or not.
I do know that I have severely abused mine with out incurring any failures... And in spite of treating my MANY sets of ST tires like fine china, not a single set lasted to it's second birthday....
I do agree that the market forces are the reason one simply cannot buy a quality ST tire.. This forum is a perfect example. I often see threads where people are bragging about how little they paid for their STs.. Often they pay just a little more for a set of four than I pay one tire.
Many people just cannot justify in their minds paying so much for a tire that is seldom used and will age out long before the tread is worn out.
But this is exactly why increasing the ST tire standards is the only way to fix it.
