Thanks for all the public and direct e-mail advice on the Liberty tires. (Note: I'm sending this from a new gmail account 'cause I got fet up with stupid Yahoo ads.) Since I'll be stationed in the RAINY United Kingdom for a few years I'm giving up on the selection of Goodyears at the base and am going to ship in some well-reviewed Bridgestones from tirerack.com (who ship tires to military FPO addresses - God bless 'em!!!) Need to do this soon because the Missus was driving the Liberty up a hill in London last week and said the back tires were breaking loose on the asphalt! :-P
Narrowed it down to two 235 70R 16s: the Dueler A/T Revo
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and the Dueler H/L Alenza
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Considering the main objective is wet street and highway safety for a while I was prepared to order the Alenza highway tires, but after an hour of reading tirerack.com reviews from people who describe mixed or mostly on-road use, I'm wondering if the Dueler's might not be just as good on the road. Everybody raves about their wet pavement handling, and noise and comfort levels. They actually receive higher scores than the Alenza although that may be an apples and oranges comparison because the raters of the Duelers may be used to A/T tires on pickups, etc. and comparing them to previous A/T tires, whereas the Alenzas may be rated by Honda CRV owners comparing to other highway tires.
Any thoughts appreciated, and again, thanks for all the advice.
Cheers, Al.