Re: Tires (Mail Order) (fwd)

[leveckis@icd.teradyne.com (Tom Leveckis)]

> I have been *very* happy with BFG Comp T/As, in all their evolutionary 
> iterations, over a *long* period of time, and over three cars, including
> the Syncro (currently wearing 195-60 HR-4 14 Comp T/As).  These are the *only* 
> tires I've ever gotten 20K miles from (others commonly report 40K), and I think 
> they're fantastic in the wet as well as the dry!

I have my 2nd set of Comp T/A 's on my 80Q, but I should be on my 1st set.
on 3 of the tires on my 1st set, I developed splits on the sidewalls. I
bought them at NTW, they gave me an 88% refund towards another set (after 20K).
Good tires, but I don't know how you would deal with defects after 20K. The
price for the 195/60 HR 14's at NTW was 70$/tire, while the magazines had them
for 62-64$/tire. Personally I don't think mail order is worth it for 25-30$.

BTW: the new set of Comp T/A's were a completely different tread pattern.

TVL