I guess i should clarify. I LOVED my Toyo's in terms of performance, like Mike liked his Good-years. But those tires are also very expensive, especially compared to how long they last. They were V-rated but lasted more like an H or something. I'm not an overly aggresive driver (I drive an ATX for god'sakes) and they only lasted about 35,000km before they were pretty much bald.
Just sharen' my experience with them...
Claeren.
PS - Heres an interesting story I just ran across.
Dunlop, Michelin rank tops in J.D. Power survey
By Nedra Pickler
WASHINGTON (AP) – Dunlop and Michelin tire brands rated highest in customer satisfaction in J.D.
Power and Associates’ annual tire survey, while the Firestone light truck tires dropped below average. Firestone tires sold on new pickups, vans and sport utility vehicles scored just above average before 6.5 million were recalled last year. In the survey released Monday, the Firestone brand ranked below average for both light trucks and passenger cars.
Dunlop rated first among tire brands used on light
trucks, which includes vans, pickups and sport utility ehicles. Michelin ranked highest in passenger vehicle tires for the fourth consecutive year...
...The tire customer satisfaction study identifies product quality as the largest factor contributing to tire satisfaction. Other factors include performance, design and winter traction.
BFGoodrich, Michelin, Uniroyal, Goodyear, Bridgestone and Continental, respectively, follow
Dunlop in the light-truck segment. Yokohama and
General also finished at or below industry average inthis segment.
Pirelli, BFGoodrich, Continental and Dunlop, respectively, follow Michelin in the passenger car segment. In addition to Firestone, brands performing at or below average are Bridgestone, General, Goodyear, Hankook, Kumho, Toyo, Uniroyal and Yokohama.
The averages are weighted by the number of survey respondents who own each tire brand.
This is as seen on
www.autonet.ca
