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View Poll Results: Which Tire Manufacturer? | |||
Michelin Tires | 18 | 19.35% | |
Bridgestone Firestone, Inc. | 8 | 8.60% | |
Goodyear Tire and Rubber | 11 | 11.83% | |
Yokohama Tires | 12 | 12.90% | |
BF Goodrich Tires | 13 | 13.98% | |
Maxxis (Xiamen) Trading Co., Ltd | 0 | 0% | |
MRF Limited | 0 | 0% | |
Continental Tires | 2 | 2.15% | |
Pirelli | 9 | 9.68% | |
Other (Please Mention in your post) | 20 | 21.51% | |
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04-20-2003, 11:27 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Poll: Which tires for your car?
Urm, which tire manufacturer do you prefer when buying "rubber" for your car?
EDIT: Yeah, also mention WHY you use/prefer that manufacturer.
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04-21-2003, 06:27 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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Location: Phoenix, AZ
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I have Goodyear Wrangler AT/X on my truck. They're ok I guess. If I ever have a nice enough car I'd probably get pirellis.
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04-21-2003, 08:08 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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Location: Plugged In
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My car came with Goodyear Eagles, which were OK, but were like pencil erasers when it came to wear.
The Pirellis that I've had were the worst tires I've ever ran on my car, and I was stupid enough to try two sets. They wore unevenly, and I thought that I must have had something wrong with the front end. A mechanic confirmed that the front end was OK, but the tires were crap. I had a coworker that had the same experience on their Infinity Q. I've ended up with Kumhos, which have been the least expensive and best handling and wearing that I've had so far. |
04-22-2003, 01:22 AM | #15 (permalink) | |
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04-23-2003, 04:39 PM | #18 (permalink) |
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Location: the sun (AZ)
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Eagles for performance and or traction especially on hot cars they don't last long though love them on my 73 Mustang Mach1 and on a new Thunderbird, Run michelins on my wife landrover smooth ride and the full time 4x4 doesnt eat them, I got 16 thousnad miles on wranglers on the rover when it was new and the dealer thought that was pretty good
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04-23-2003, 07:40 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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BF Goodrich has always been good to me. Always like the comp t/a zr's have worn well and performed well.
Only other set of tires I've tried were the Goodyear GT+4s didn't wear well and handling in the rain. Could've been those tires but didn't want to try another set or brand and just went back to the goodrichs. |
04-24-2003, 06:59 AM | #20 (permalink) |
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Location: MN
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I am not speaking about all season but summer only
Street Car - Handling Kumho - Escuta Supra 712 These tires have a awesome wear rating and preform better in the wet than any other Z rated tire I have driven. They don't provide quite as much grip as the Falkin does these will last almost twice as long. Another awesome part about them is they are CHEAP and made in most sizes. These compete side by side with the Eagle F1, Potenza and all other Z rated tires and are comperable in every way... ecept for the price. If you are running a corvette or other car with EMT - these do not support those systems. Street Car - Drag Nitto - 555DR The Nitto has given the drag radial a face lift. This tire has more hookup on the street than any other DR that i have tried. The thing that I like the most though is that it dosen't drive like a drag radial but more like a standard tire. With the BFG DR's you get a huge mushroom feel in the tires as you go around a corner but with the Nitto, it seems to have less flex than a standard H rated tire. In wet weather they actually do good for being a DR. Track car - handling Hoosier - R3S03 These tires are DOT approved so you can run them in T class or factory spec class. The provide better wear than the Eagle GS-SC (most comperable compeditor) and arn't subject to getting half as greasy when they are heated up. They tend to stay very consitant and don't have a huge preformnace curve when it comes to them being cold or too hot. Very consistant, well rounded tire. Also these are over 100$ cheaper, per tire than the GSSC. If your looking for all season - I have no clue, never purchased any LOL
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04-25-2003, 06:35 PM | #21 (permalink) | |
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04-27-2003, 08:18 AM | #25 (permalink) |
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Location: Chitown!!
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My car is currently rolling on 225-50R16 Goodyear Eagle RSA's. I need tires and I can get Eagle F1's for about 3 bucks more per tire. Needless to say... I will be doing that. However, I will have to agree with others about the tread life being not so great.
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04-27-2003, 08:37 PM | #26 (permalink) |
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Location: Wisconsin...
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I run whatever I can get for cheap and that last and whatever I can get for whitewalls. They just have to be decent for snow and dry roads. I don't worry about performance cause my car is slow and I don't drive fast.
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05-14-2003, 08:28 AM | #29 (permalink) |
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Location: California
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My '98 Lincoln Town Car is Rolling Yokos 245/50/R16s
My '92 Daytona is on Yoko Parada 225/40/R18s The Yokos have been good to me! <img src="http://www.deepnet.org/images/Tim/SizedDown/DCP_0044%20(Small).JPG" border="0" alt=""> <img src="http://www.deepnet.org/images/Tim/SizedDown/WheelsTires%20(2)%20(Small).JPG" border="0" alt=""> Last edited by Tron121; 05-14-2003 at 08:52 AM.. |
05-23-2003, 08:34 AM | #32 (permalink) |
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Location: portland, or
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225-45-17 front
245-40-17 rear Continental something or others stock
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09-11-2004, 09:04 AM | #37 (permalink) | |
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09-11-2004, 10:50 AM | #38 (permalink) |
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Location: Kalafornya
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Best bang for the buck on the street right now is the Falken Azenis (I got my 205/50/15s for $67 each shipped) which is what I currently run on my Street Touring autocrosser. The Kumho Ecsta MX is another good choice and I also like the Bridgestone Pole Position S03. The Hankook Z212 should be out soon and could very well become the next hot tire to have. None of these tires last very long if you drive them hard but the level of grip they provide has to be experienced to be believed..
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09-11-2004, 11:23 AM | #39 (permalink) |
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Location: Wisconsin
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I am running 215/60R16 Kumho Ecsta HP4 716's on my '97 Olds Cutlass Supreme 4-door. They are reasonably priced, and do perform well. However, I am a little less than impressed with the amount of sidewall flex. I like a stiff sidewall. I'm also noticing less than stellar tire wear. I have about 15,000 miles on them, never been rotated, and the fronts have 6/32" and the rears 7/32" which makes no sense on a front wheel drive car. They started at 11/32" as normal. I'm not sure what tire to use next. My Lumina needs tires, too, and while I want something inexpensive, trying to find a nice tire in a 205/70R14 is tough.
EDIT: I had 205/55R16's on the above mentioned Cutlass from GoodYear, in the form of the Eagle RS-A. Gripped nice, but terrible wear. Got about 23,000 miles out of those WITH rotation.
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