I had Delinte tires on a couple of my econo box daily drivers in my past and they did perfectly fine and were very budget friendly
Third Tier Tires becoming increasingly popular
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Absolutely. Tier 2 all day long. Sumitomo has no place on this list of shaky brands.
My wife's Prius came with a new set of Dean tires. I've never had that brand before but we've put over 45k miles on them and I'm guessing we'll get another 15 or 20k as they've gone from 10/32 to around 6/32 over that period.
I really have no complaints about them. They have decent wet stopping traction which is the most important characteristic in our climate as well as acceptable road noise and handling.
I really have no complaints about them. They have decent wet stopping traction which is the most important characteristic in our climate as well as acceptable road noise and handling.
Very depressing and scary. That’s about alll I have to say. I’ll keep driving on the highest rated tires from the best tier 1 manufactures. Atleast I’ll have the best performance possible when I have to swerve or break to avoid all the crap the tier threes cause. I had to avoid blown out tire chunks just the other day
Quite the contrary-the more miles that accumulate without issues just goes to prove tier three are not dangerous. The may not be the most durable-but not dangerous.
As-I mentioned I have been to countries where Chinese vehicles-with Chinese tires are driven under far worse conditions, haven't see one blow up yet.
Be safe. Support your fellow hard working Americans when possible. Cheap is only possible by either exploiting workers, inferior materials, or a company being supported by their government to the undercut the competition till they put the competition under. Generally, it’s a combination of the 3. I’m not comfortable with any of that so I’ll stick with tier one. I actually take that approach to everything I purchase.
I don't care where the products I buy come from. There are plenty of workers exploited here in this country. If you don't think they are-you are living in the Twilight Zone. And there have been plenty of companies (Banks, Auto Makers) bailed out by our government.
So-on the surface your post seems great-but one only has to think a minute......
Just buy the best for the safety your family and others. The best may come from the USA Canada Germany France. Many places but I can guarantee the best will not come from any of those places where your tier 3s are made.
try to imagine the USA without industry. Not a good scenario and the letters USA would be no more. We would be tier 3 or one could say 3rd world as in where the goods you are considering come from.
I have Dunlop tires on four of our high-powered Sportbikes. Solely because of their great performance. Sumitomo (a Japanese company) owns the Dunlop motorcycle tire company.
I do my best to avoid buying anything made in China.
Inflation is making everyone broke. A lot of people can only afford trash tier tires.
First tier tires just means the company is so huge and rich that if they accidentally kill say 8,000 people with a bad batch of scab made tires they can just write a check to cover it.
First tier tires just means the company is so huge and rich that if they accidentally kill say 8,000 people with a bad batch of scab made tires they can just write a check to cover it.
I bought a used prior lease vehicle that had some brand new Lexani tires. They were rough, hard riding, and horrible in the rain. I went from those tier 3 tires up to a tier 1 Continental Truecontact Tour. The Continentals handled in the wet just about as well as the Lexani tires handled in the dry.
I would rather see a car on good tier 3 tires than bald tier 1 tires...
I'd have to dig up the brand I got on my Jetta a few years ago.
They seemed fine until I did a long trip in the rain and it was like driving on a sheet of ice.
I ended up buying another brand. Amazon gave me a partial refund and I threw them out.
They seemed fine until I did a long trip in the rain and it was like driving on a sheet of ice.
I ended up buying another brand. Amazon gave me a partial refund and I threw them out.
I think it's due to overall high and higher prices and... 3rd tier tires getting better last few years.
Agreed. I bought several sets of General Rt43 tires over the years. The last time I needed tires, their replacement model, the RT45's were almost double the price so we got Hankook's instead.
It's the same with all other kinds of consumer goods. More hamburger, chicken and pork and less steak. More leftovers and fewer lunches out.
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My 2017 Tahoe came with Michelin. At 40k they were doing the chip thing and the cracks. I got lower priced Coopers and at 45k replaced them prior to an out of state trip - but they had more tread.
For that reason - I went to the next level up Cooper now …
Excellent in the rain …
Sumitomo’s Thai and Indonesian plants also makes the Doral, Geotour and Ohtsu lines as well. They also own the rights to Dunlop for motorcycles and US/Japanese car tires. Dunlops are meh though, outside of motorcycles…
