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I was just thinking about how Goodyear has a negative reputation to where no one really seems to recommend them on here and at what point they acquired the status as they to date have outlived all their domestic competitors in terms of being independent (not owned by tire companies from outside the US) by.a few decades (which if nothing else says they were at least doing something right). I was also curious on theories as to why their product has fallen short (what corner are they cutting basically).
I will say in my own experience I had excellent results with long life and respectable ride quality their older lines like the Goodyear integrity and Eagle GTII getting around 70 to 80,000 mi out of a set. They were decent in the snow, rain, and were relatively quiet. As far as where it went wrong for me was with the eagle LS2s which seem to last only 50,000 mi, spun with no effort in any condition, were loud, yet This line continued after those had been dropped for most vehicles. I haven't experienced the more recent versions of the assurance but I know both my father had a set of assurance triple treads and they from day one we're noisier than a set of mastercraft courser ( knobby treads), hydroplaned easily, and really weren't all that outstanding in snowy conditions, and we had to replace them at 45,000 miles. The other people I've known that have had assurance didn't have any outstanding experiences.
Some of the cars that I've test driven that came with The current Eagle line you can tell a dramatic difference between the brand new ones versus ones that have a year or two in a around 20,000 mi. .
Has anyone had any similar experiences with they were good at one point but then after a certain time they became bad or vice versa?
I will say in my own experience I had excellent results with long life and respectable ride quality their older lines like the Goodyear integrity and Eagle GTII getting around 70 to 80,000 mi out of a set. They were decent in the snow, rain, and were relatively quiet. As far as where it went wrong for me was with the eagle LS2s which seem to last only 50,000 mi, spun with no effort in any condition, were loud, yet This line continued after those had been dropped for most vehicles. I haven't experienced the more recent versions of the assurance but I know both my father had a set of assurance triple treads and they from day one we're noisier than a set of mastercraft courser ( knobby treads), hydroplaned easily, and really weren't all that outstanding in snowy conditions, and we had to replace them at 45,000 miles. The other people I've known that have had assurance didn't have any outstanding experiences.
Some of the cars that I've test driven that came with The current Eagle line you can tell a dramatic difference between the brand new ones versus ones that have a year or two in a around 20,000 mi. .
Has anyone had any similar experiences with they were good at one point but then after a certain time they became bad or vice versa?
