Tire Brands: Good, Bad, Wretched

Maybe you should read my posts. I picked a specific General, not General tires.

Clay

This morning four new Goodyear 70,000 mile Silvers were installed.

I worried too much about the buying the "buy 3 get 1 free" Pep Boys, the latest Bridgestone/Firestone deal etal

They didn't have that Falken where i went

So, I ended up getting the above, and with balancing, warranty, aand taxes and damage to my credit card for $404, which may or may not be a good deal, but at least i won't be worrying about quality, unless i read a "legit" or two horror anecdote , such as:

"Joe spent a hundred $ a tire & nevetheless had a tire separate (or blowout) on the way to Atlantic City on that rather rough highway from Philly." C'est la vie. C'est la morte.

More irrelevant trivia for irregardlesss fans: Wasn't it Goodyear whom invented the air/pneumatic tire, or was it a "nobody," although Goodyear won the patent dispute, or what?

I hope you enjoy them, and they wear long! Clay

Again, I have to knock Kumhos. My 2007 Tiburon SE came with the Solus

16's on it. I now have less than 30k on them and need a new set. I don't drive like a maniac and most of the miles are highway, commuting 54 miles a day to and from work. You can bet Kumho's are not on my list for replacements.

re: kumhos

can you affirm that they weren't variably under or over inflated for weeks/months and the vehicle is not substantively mis-aligned and/or there isn't some kinduv of tire damaging anomaly?

what does the manufacturer claim as the expected mileage for these tires when new?

i'm not expecting to get 70,000 miles from my new ones, because face reality there are many potholes, other road hazards, and curbs to hit ungently plus if ya get a slow leak, then you're ..uh....."skinned"

The car has TPMS so I'm notified when TP is 10% under. I do add a little air. Recommended is 32 PSI. I ran 34 PSI. My '97 Tiburon averaged 50k on a set of tires. Even the OEM Michelen's that came on the car ran 45k before they began hydroplaning so badly you couldn't drive with high relative humidity.