My buddy and I got into a major discussion about this with some car friends this afternoon. He just put some Kendra Keneticas (Kendra used to have a joint venture with Cooper) on his beater Neon. He comment how decent riding they were for the price.
He laughed at the fact the I was talking about putting BFG Advantage TAs or Cooper CS4s on the car. "It's just a cheap Cavalier with 14s on it- your car will never know the difference" He feels the car has no has no handling, and I'll never see the milage warranty on them anyways (might see them on a 40k tire, maybe!) He says that if they were bigger wheels or a better car (ha!), it might be worth it. That, and he says they set much better tire standards than they have in the past. He thinks since the car can't go that fast anyways, that an s or T rated (think he needs to talk to Capri and that one) would be fine. He wouldn't go any higher than a Touring TA or some Uniroyal tire if I wanted to spend money...
While some is a load, he does make a good point.It's not anyways going to be the best tire you need, since many dumb people can destroy those too. What a tire needs is to be cared for-ie rotated, aired, and checked weekly-for 85% of the tires out there. Now this I can agree with a bit, since I did grow up with budget tires on some of my first cars, and never had issues with them. Now a line I hear a lot is that you need to buy the best because it's the most important thing your life depends on. But....what they are never checked?
Now, this really does not change my mind, as I'm still leaning toward BFGs anyways. But it was a bit of food for thought...going against the "best for your money" crowd. So...for most people, what separates a Kendra from Goodyear?
(PS, notice I said most people, as we know about traction, plys, and so on...
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He laughed at the fact the I was talking about putting BFG Advantage TAs or Cooper CS4s on the car. "It's just a cheap Cavalier with 14s on it- your car will never know the difference" He feels the car has no has no handling, and I'll never see the milage warranty on them anyways (might see them on a 40k tire, maybe!) He says that if they were bigger wheels or a better car (ha!), it might be worth it. That, and he says they set much better tire standards than they have in the past. He thinks since the car can't go that fast anyways, that an s or T rated (think he needs to talk to Capri and that one) would be fine. He wouldn't go any higher than a Touring TA or some Uniroyal tire if I wanted to spend money...
While some is a load, he does make a good point.It's not anyways going to be the best tire you need, since many dumb people can destroy those too. What a tire needs is to be cared for-ie rotated, aired, and checked weekly-for 85% of the tires out there. Now this I can agree with a bit, since I did grow up with budget tires on some of my first cars, and never had issues with them. Now a line I hear a lot is that you need to buy the best because it's the most important thing your life depends on. But....what they are never checked?
Now, this really does not change my mind, as I'm still leaning toward BFGs anyways. But it was a bit of food for thought...going against the "best for your money" crowd. So...for most people, what separates a Kendra from Goodyear?
(PS, notice I said most people, as we know about traction, plys, and so on...
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