Re: Long-Life tars

[Psycho Bob <honge@creighton.edu>]

> I've recently been seeing ads for tires with tread wear guarantees for (in
> one case) as long as you own your car.  One brand was Michelin, but I recall
> there were other brands also carrying similar guarantees.
> 
> I have difficulty imagining tires which should give that much tread life and
> also be capable of suitable performance for spirited road driving.  To wear
> that long they would just about have to be hard as steel, wouldn't they?  Is
> there any feedback on them?

I wouldn't try to do spririted driving on those million-mile tires. If 
you drive carefully (e.g. you're in control), it's quite entertaining as 
you'll be able to throw the car around. I suppose you can do that to 
figure out your car's limit. But other than that, I would stay away from 
those tires.

As far as Michelin is concerned, I would put it among the worst tires 
I've experienced. THe only other tire I would put it worse than the 
Michelin OEM (it was something like MXV2 or MXV4) is the Firestone OEM 
tire (FR-something). These things' tread never decrease -- even with 
aggresive driving. They did held air, though...

Performance and tread life never go hand in hand. It's one of those 
inevitables in life. Tire technology is advancing -- but not that much 
that those long-life tires will be used in race events (or everyday 
driving -- for me). I ask, what's the point of getting a car with good 
technology (Audi q) and put a set of miser tires on them? That's like 
buying Yugo, waxing it every week and never take it out except when it's 
sunny out.

Yugo, I go, we all go.

Cheers.

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