tire experience w/Falken? treadwear grade?

[Greg Smith]

The treadwear # is a comparison of the tread life of
one tire from a specific tire company; say Nokian,
with other tires made by that company only.  A 200
rating on a Nokian does not mean the same as a 200 on
a Dunlop.  Every company makes a baseline tire and
assigns that a value of 100; all other tires in their
line are then rated in comparison to that baseline
tire.  If a company makes a garbage tire and assigns
that a 100 rating; all other tires from that company
will have an unrealistically high treadwear rating. 
Kind of a scam being put over the uninformed
consumers.

Greg Galinsky
G & G Service


--- George Selby <gselby4x4 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 10:17 PM 3/22/05, you wrote:
> >First off, anyone know what the treadwear grade of
> a
> >tire is? I'm guessing the higher the number, the
> >longer the expected life?
> 
> Theoretically, multiply the treadwear number by 200
> and that's the mileage 
> you can anticipate from the tire.
> 
> 
> George Selby
> 
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