zero Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 There are some people in the Federal government that want to make a law requiring tires to be no older then 6 years or be illegal on a public highway. What a bunch of hooey. I know I'd be screwed. I've had some tires that were still sound at 20 years and also some that were showing dry-rot ozone cracks at 4 years. If the Feds really want to help - maybe they should up the standards on the rubber-compounds tire companies are using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I am not going to spring for Michelins just to sit in the driveway and rot. I won't buy Michelins anyway, ... You won't have to worry. Michelin hasn't sold 'our' tires in North America for years. You could always chose to not import them though. http://www.michelin.co.uk/tyres/michelin-agilis?fromTyreSelector=true&width=185&selectorMode=bySize&ratio=80&radial=14&load=102&speed=r&zp=false&fromTyreSegment=3&dimensionId=agilis-00854-028862-203770 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda s Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I also recently bought the Goforms. Love them. Linda S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanman Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 "Michelins anyway, the only thing they are superior at is advertising! " Maybe, depends on what you want in a tire. I have these on the Subaru and they are the best tires I've had yet. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=182 http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Premier+A/S&partnum=255HR7PREAS http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=188 As it has been forever, good rubber does not come cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I've had some very cheap tires that were absolutely excellent. Good tires certainly DO come relatively cheap at times. Just hard to know before you buy. I'm not quite sure what some people mean when they talk about "best" tires. I guess it depends on what you need them to do. With my Toyota RV - all I really hope for is the damn tires to last. No big concerns about special handling characteristics or traction in ice and snow. As far a Subarus go? Again - depends on what a person needs and wants. I lived in one of the steepest dirt roads in New York State for 40 years. Often ice and snow covered where I saw many a 4WD and AWD go off the road. Even the town highway department lost a big Oskosh truck over the bank by my house. I was a die-hard Subaru fan back when they really had something special. Like a car with true 4WD (not AWD) and a hi-low range transfercase for tough hills and slow going. I drove Subarus from the late 70s up to year 2001 and gave up on them. Nothing unique anymore and not really utilitarian anymore either. That being said - I tried many tires with my main concern being stopping on ice and snow coming down a mountain (going back up was easier). I had several types of Michelins, Firestones, Cooper, studless, studded, etc. By far the absolutely most fantastic tires I've even owned for this use was fairly cheap Dunlop Graspic studless tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermonter Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Dunlop Graspics are great tires, I ran them on a couple FWD Hondas I had, and although a Honda is a tank in snow with or without snow tires, they were troopers. As far as the Goforms go, Good rubber certainly does come cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda s Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 "Michelins anyway, the only thing they are superior at is advertising! " Maybe, depends on what you want in a tire. I have these on the Subaru and they are the best tires I've had yet. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=182 http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Premier+A/S&partnum=255HR7PREAS http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=188 As it has been forever, good rubber does not come cheap. I bought a van for my handicapped brother and I paid the price mostly because it had almost new Michelin's on it. they developed bubbles on the side walls and it was apparently a common problem. Lots of complaint's on the internet. Sometimes a name is just a name. I would never spend the money for that brand again Linda S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 There may be a some young people here who don't remember when the standard tires for cars and trucks were bias-ply. Then "glass belted" which was still bias-ply. Mid 60s - the only radials to be seen were usually Michelins on cheap little "foreign" cars. The Michelin name-recognition is kind like like that of diesel fuel. Michelin did not invent radial tires - a guy in California did. Rudolph diesel did not invent the diesel engine either. Michelin was the first to successfully produce and market them - just as Diesel was the first to turn a real profit selling compression-ignition engines later to be called "diesels." Michelin started selling their French tires under American names like Sears and Allstate to get a foothold in the US. And to their credit - their tires held together. Many US companies who tried to make or market their own versions had problems - especially with side-wall and tread separation. So for quite a while - Michelin was the #1 trusted radial tire in the USA. That was over 50 years ago though. At least to me - the name means nothing anymore when it comes to any sort of superior quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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