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Hi Everyone, I found this web site on a car web site that I have been with for years and I decided to take a look and I have to say this is an interesting and informative site and not just about oil. I was looking in the Tires section and I want to add some of my experiences to the discussions specifically regarding the post about "How Awful Are These Cheap Tires?".
I do a fair about of driving a mix of city and highway about 15K a year and I push my car pretty hard. I run approx. 80 on the Interstate and have a custom inflation for my front tires and back tires for my car that I have arrived at through experience and I change that pressure winter to summer as the temps change.
I have always believed in making my money work for me and not that I am retired this is more important than ever and while I might want the best reality says I can't always have it and this is true with tires and everything else to do with my car, a 2001 Toyota Camry with 280K miles on it. When I had money I some great tires and I used some OK tires and now that my finances are limited I use OK tires and there are some good values out there. I buy my tires from major chains and I do as much research as I can before I spend my money. Currently I am using the Epic Tour AS tire which I got from NTB for $48 a tire and that was 3 years ago. The tire is advertised as a 40K mile tire and I have about 32K miles on them and they are showing some feathering which I think is due to the fact that I can't keep a good alignment on that car but that is the car's fault and not the tire. So far these tires are quiet with a good ride and good road grip and do well in rain and sunshine.
I have also used the Primewell PS 830/850 which is the Firestone house brand tire and had good success. I put a set of 4 on a Pontiac Grand Am GT 4 door sedan and got great service from them. I paid around $52 per tire for those. Like the above Epic tires the Primewells I had were quiet with a good ride, good road grip, and did well in wet and dry.
Discount Tire which is new in my area (East Coast of the United States) has a Sentry Touring tire for my car that gets good reviews and I may try them in about a year when I get new tires for my Camry or I might just go with the Epic tires from NTB since I know them and have had such good success with them.
As far as the Douglas tires as stated before I think they are a Walmart house brand tire but the reviews I am reading are all over the place so I would tend not to put my money into them. Again, tires like everything else for me comes down to what I can afford and where I can get the best value for my dollar. It makes no sense to me to spend $150 a tire or even $100 just so I can say I have the bestest "gee-wiz" tires on my car when the reality so my car could crap out at any time and I have $150 a tire tied up that I will never see again.
I know that tires are like oil and underwear and everyone has an opinion and to an extent everyone is right so I hope what I have written helps someone. Cheers all
I do a fair about of driving a mix of city and highway about 15K a year and I push my car pretty hard. I run approx. 80 on the Interstate and have a custom inflation for my front tires and back tires for my car that I have arrived at through experience and I change that pressure winter to summer as the temps change.
I have always believed in making my money work for me and not that I am retired this is more important than ever and while I might want the best reality says I can't always have it and this is true with tires and everything else to do with my car, a 2001 Toyota Camry with 280K miles on it. When I had money I some great tires and I used some OK tires and now that my finances are limited I use OK tires and there are some good values out there. I buy my tires from major chains and I do as much research as I can before I spend my money. Currently I am using the Epic Tour AS tire which I got from NTB for $48 a tire and that was 3 years ago. The tire is advertised as a 40K mile tire and I have about 32K miles on them and they are showing some feathering which I think is due to the fact that I can't keep a good alignment on that car but that is the car's fault and not the tire. So far these tires are quiet with a good ride and good road grip and do well in rain and sunshine.
I have also used the Primewell PS 830/850 which is the Firestone house brand tire and had good success. I put a set of 4 on a Pontiac Grand Am GT 4 door sedan and got great service from them. I paid around $52 per tire for those. Like the above Epic tires the Primewells I had were quiet with a good ride, good road grip, and did well in wet and dry.
Discount Tire which is new in my area (East Coast of the United States) has a Sentry Touring tire for my car that gets good reviews and I may try them in about a year when I get new tires for my Camry or I might just go with the Epic tires from NTB since I know them and have had such good success with them.
As far as the Douglas tires as stated before I think they are a Walmart house brand tire but the reviews I am reading are all over the place so I would tend not to put my money into them. Again, tires like everything else for me comes down to what I can afford and where I can get the best value for my dollar. It makes no sense to me to spend $150 a tire or even $100 just so I can say I have the bestest "gee-wiz" tires on my car when the reality so my car could crap out at any time and I have $150 a tire tied up that I will never see again.
I know that tires are like oil and underwear and everyone has an opinion and to an extent everyone is right so I hope what I have written helps someone. Cheers all
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