Interesting. I'm a General fan, I have a set General Grabber HTS 60 tires on my SRX and they are great.
Looks like my size (225/60R18) is made in Slovakia. Not sure where the others are made.Don't care if they're a copy of Michelins. If they are NOT made in China and are good tires, I'd buy them (if I lived up north).
I'm one of those people that will pay more for a lower rated tire if the top rated tire is made in China and the next best is made in anywhere but.
It's tempting, but it doesn't have "Tire replacement monitor" like the RT43... , which the General version isn't as good as Continental's version, which uses the letters D-W-S as their wear monitor. They need add "SNOW" to the TIRE REPLACEMENT, so that when the "SNOW" letters wears out, you're left with the regular TIRE REPLACEMENT until it says TIRE REPLACE.Has anyone pulled the trigger on these yet?
A penny works pretty well...you know, if you can see Lincoln's head....It's tempting, but it doesn't have "Tire replacement monitor" like the RT43... , which the General version isn't as good as Continental's version, which uses the letters D-W-S as their wear monitor. They need add "SNOW" to the TIRE REPLACEMENT, so that when the "SNOW" letters wears out, you're left with the regular TIRE REPLACEMENT until it says TIRE REPLACE.
It's one of the things I liked with the Nokian winter and all-weather tires, it has the DSI and WSI monitors to tell you when you should ditch the tires. Right now, my WR G4 (SUV) are toast for winter, but I have the other 3 seasons to finish wearing them out.
That's the 2/32" inch requirement.A penny works pretty well...you know, if you can see Lincoln's head....
Except the sipes do not extend all the way down through the tread blocks like they do on a Michelin. The drivers won’t be getting benefit of the sipes through the full life of the tire.I couldn’t help but to notice the similarity when I saw the tread pattern.
Tire Depth Gauge (linked) is cheap. More expensive at Amazon. I have I think 3, keep it in my glove box. Part of that is I check my tread often all the way across. You can see it but this is quick and lets you know if you are wearing flat. if less tread in middle, you are over inflated. less tread at sides, under inflated (or really hard cornering often).That's the 2/32" inch requirement.
But for the snow depth requirement, where in certain states, it's 3/16" (6/32"), Lincoln's head doesn't work.
The quarter trick is only good to about 4/32"