Are Michelins really better than the other brands?
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Dont take it personal....
I find the quality and less defect with Michelin across all their models, even though tread life varies, where other brand may be great for some models, but some are terrible. I tried Kumho but not too impressed on the quality, recent Goodyear F1 Asymmetric 5 is great too.
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ave had many cars in the past with ride issues that were told by the dealer...they all do that....Then installed at set of Michelin tires and the ...they all do that....Went away....
When I was working I bought a lot of tires for a fleet of almost 50 vehicles. Since part of our maintenance program was to measure tire treads a couple of times a year (during maintenance) we had pretty good records of how fast we went through tires. Since we could get both Goodyear and Michelin for state contract pricing (huge savings) we used those 2 brands. For a couple of replacement cycles we purposely used the opposite brand each replacement and then tracked the lifespan. Since most of the trucks did not change assignments it was as close as we could get to a control.These were class 8 trucks with 22.5 and some class 6 with 19.5 as well as a few E450 Fords. After a few years we confirmed what we had originally thought and found the Michelins had around 20-25% better service life and in most cases the drivers complained less about the Michelins than the Goodyears.
All brands have both good and bad products. You can’t paint an entire brand with such a wide brush.
Now if we are talking the Pilot Sport 4S, nothing else compares.
Now if we are talking the Pilot Sport 4S, nothing else compares.
I have bought several sets of tires from WM. The last 2 were Goodyears and Yokohama's. Both were delivered in good condition. I am fortunate that I have a friend who installs them for me at his shop.
I wish I had as good of luck with oil orders at WM as I do with tires.
WM literally is where good customer service goes to die.
I wish I had as good of luck with oil orders at WM as I do with tires.
WM literally is where good customer service goes to die.
The Pilot Super Sport was a better tire, IMO
Goodyear does enjoy lock on the cop car market - I see more Eagle RS-A/Pursuit on cop cars around here, with some Firestone. The public works department in one city flips between Goodyear and Michelin.
For buses, Goodyear is what I see most, followed by Michelin. Used to see Firestone on buses here. One fleet has been using Triangle or Ling Long - they don’t want to get into a mileage lease with Goodyear or Firestone and their mechanic is kinda of a hack.
Well, You like the Michelins better, don't you?
Within the Michelin family I've had better luck with some Uniroyals and BFG's than the last Michelins which are new fitment on an '02 Elantra. I always buy the individual model tire based on reviews rather than favoring one brand over another.
To be clear-Michelin has a very large manufacturing footprint in China and ships tires all over Europe from it.
https://www.aftermarketnews.com/michelin-plans-to-expand-capacity-at-two-china-plants/
Kumho also has a factory(ies) in South Korea also.
And they have a plant in Macon, GA also.
A great tire to be sure, but having had three sets of PSS on a Vette and my sig car I can say IMO the 4s is truly remarkable.
And instead of wearing out at 6k to 10k these 4s' go 30!!!
Best i could do was about 15k on the rears
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America’s Tire used to carry a Chinese tire named Warrior. It was made by a then subsidiary in China. It looked like your typical Chineseium tire. Michelin’s focusing on Indonesia for the price-point(read:Walmart and the “budget” market) lines sold under Uniroyal.
https://www.moderntiredealer.com/articles/12133-michelin-ends-warrior-tire-joint-venture-in-china
Seems like DoubleCoin is also a part of the former Warrior-Michelin venture, and I’ve seen those on new tow trucks and school buses.
There are two plants-one for the "private Label" and one that makes Michelin Tires that are shipped over over Europe. It seems the private label one that is closing not the "Michelin" plant that makes MICHELIN tires. AM I reading that correctly?
