TIRES

[Steve Marinello]

Year after year, according to a tire biz friend of mine, Toyo wins hand 
down for trueness.

That being said, I run Michelin Pilot A/S, Pirelli PZero Nero M&S and 
Conti XtremeContacts (mine stayed round), as well as the Bridgestone 
Potenza 050A Pole Position and Toyo T1S's on various wheelsets and 
vehicles.  Hard to beat the Michelins; hard to beat the Conti's for the 
buck.  Hard to beat the Pirelli's for all around, but I'm in Houston 
now, so that means no snow, but will they grip in subfreezing wet 
weather?...yes, as do the Michelins and Conti's, but definitely not the 
050A's.  Will shortly try either the Goodyear's or the Bridgestone 960AS.

Had Sumitomo HTR-Z's; two sets were ridiculously square, in Louisiana, 
and were checked out by a TR installer and returned.  The Kumho 711's 
were cheap tires, a bit hard  and all around average; enough eh? to keep 
me off Kumho's so far, although I was also considering one (ASX?) that 
was discontinued in the size I was looking for.

I don't think the T1R's are as well rated as the T1s's were, but their 
all season tires might get a look, too.  I've made a point of getting 
Toyo's put on my parents' cars and there hasn't been a problem with 
three sets over the years.

Steve

Grant Lenahan wrote:
> I watched about 20 tires run on a Hunter 9700 yesterday.
>
> QC is amazingly bad, and it is highly correlated to brand.
>
> So if your car is fussy, and mine is, no.
>
> Grant
> On Feb 23, 2008, at 1:37 AM, Huw Powell wrote:
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>>> Which are best?
>>>       
>> Budget?
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