I have continued my endeavor to try to buy American, or at a minimum not MIC since I started that thread a while back. It is a lot of work to buy American and most people won’t do it and give up. I found I’ve saved a lot of money and it has me reconsidering certain purchases, especially impulse ones. I’ve gone to great lengths to try to buy American in the remodel. It’s been a challenge. Good for you for attempting to get tires here.

I have continued my endeavor to try to buy American, or at a minimum not MIC since I started that thread a while back. It is a lot of work to buy American and most people won’t do it and give up. I found I’ve saved a lot of money and it has me reconsidering certain purchases, especially impulse ones. I’ve gone to great lengths to try to buy American in the remodel. It’s been a challenge. Good for you for attempting to get tires here.

I don’t see the point of buying small consumer stuff made in America. A product is a product, regardless of where it’s made.

I think that Adam Smith observed that we are better off buying Porto wine from Portugal and trading them clothing manufactured in England. What’s the point of trying to make wine in England, if the Portuguese can make it better and cheaper?

I think that we should make high-value products in America such as high-speed trains and solar arrays. But we are ceding those to China because we don’t have an industrial policy (unlike the Germans, French, Chinese, Koreans, Taiwanese, etc….)

San Francisco bridge made in China:

The project is part of China’s continual move up the global economic value chain — from cheap toys to Apple iPads to commercial jetliners — as it aims to become the world’s civil engineer.

I don’t see the point of buying small consumer stuff made in America. A product is a product, regardless of where it’s made.

I think that Adam Smith observed that we are better off buying Porto wine from Portugal and trading them clothing manufactured in England. What’s the point of trying to make wine in England, if the Portuguese can make it better and cheaper?

I think that we should make high-value products in America such as high-speed trains and solar arrays. But we are ceding those to China because we don’t have an industrial policy (unlike the Germans, French, Chinese, Koreans, Taiwanese, etc….)

San Francisco bridge made in China:

The project is part of China’s continual move up the global economic value chain — from cheap toys to Apple iPads to commercial jetliners — as it aims to become the world’s civil engineer.

I don’t see the point of buying small consumer stuff made in America. A product is a product, regardless of where it’s made.

I think that Adam Smith observed that we are better off buying Porto wine from Portugal and trading them clothing manufactured in England. What’s the point of trying to make wine in England, if the Portuguese can make it better and cheaper?

I think that we should make high-value products in America such as high-speed trains and solar arrays. But we are ceding those to China because we don’t have an industrial policy (unlike the Germans, French, Chinese, Koreans, Taiwanese, etc….)

San Francisco bridge made in China:

The project is part of China’s continual move up the global economic value chain — from cheap toys to Apple iPads to commercial jetliners — as it aims to become the world’s civil engineer.

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Ok I’m going shopping for tires and it occurred to me that my last set of Yokohamas was made in the USA, should I make sure my next set of tires are American made?
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Good luck with that one…..
Take your pick…..

1. The only 2 U.S. tire companies left (for practical uses) are
Goodyear Tires, Cooper Tires (which owns Avon Tires).
but neither of them manufacture all their tires in the U.S.

You can add two more companies for non-practical applications
*Hoosier (track tires)
*Titan (off road tires)
…but I doubt you will be using tires from either companies.

The remainder of manufacturers look like this….

1. Yokohama is a Japanese company, as well as Bridgestone/Firestone

2. Dunlop is British company that is 75% owned by Goodyear and 25% owned by Sumitomo Tires

3. Sumitomo Tires is a Japanese tire company that has purchased the right to sell tires with the Dunlop brand… It also owns Falken Tires, which is based in the U.S.

4. Michelin is a French company that also owns BF Goodrich (and as a result produces tires of both brands in both U.S. and foreign facilities)

5. Continental is a German company with manufacturing all over, including U.S. and China

6. Pirelli is an Italian company with manufacturing all over too

7. Hankook Tires is a Korean company with manufacturing all over

8. Nexen is a Korean company

9. General Tire is an Indian company

10. Toyo is a Japanese company

I think you’re better off buying the best performing tire your money is worth imho.

FWIW: I’ve had pretty good experiences with Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 for most of summer/fall/spring and Michelin Pilot A/S Plus as a general all season (can get buy as a *light* snow tire if you have AWD)

The other thing I use to run were Continental Sports Contact 2 as a summer/fall/spring tire (I didn’t like).
And the Continental Extreme Contact for winter (Which were ok, but squealed a lot).

You probably don’t need two sets of tires down here, because the likelihood of you needing tires with snow traction is almost 0 unless you like to ski a lot… It helps if you’re up in the bay area and want to go to Tahoe a lot.

I ran a set of for a brief 3 months BF Goodrich (I forget what they were), but they were ridiculously crappy…. They were cheap (in cost) and as a result, cheap quality too..

Runflats also suck btw….

[quote]
Ok I’m going shopping for tires and it occurred to me that my last set of Yokohamas was made in the USA, should I make sure my next set of tires are American made?
[/quote]

Good luck with that one…..
Take your pick…..

1. The only 2 U.S. tire companies left (for practical uses) are
Goodyear Tires, Cooper Tires (which owns Avon Tires).
but neither of them manufacture all their tires in the U.S.

You can add two more companies for non-practical applications
*Hoosier (track tires)
*Titan (off road tires)
…but I doubt you will be using tires from either companies.

The remainder of manufacturers look like this….

1. Yokohama is a Japanese company, as well as Bridgestone/Firestone

2. Dunlop is British company that is 75% owned by Goodyear and 25% owned by Sumitomo Tires

3. Sumitomo Tires is a Japanese tire company that has purchased the right to sell tires with the Dunlop brand… It also owns Falken Tires, which is based in the U.S.

4. Michelin is a French company that also owns BF Goodrich (and as a result produces tires of both brands in both U.S. and foreign facilities)

5. Continental is a German company with manufacturing all over, including U.S. and China

6. Pirelli is an Italian company with manufacturing all over too

7. Hankook Tires is a Korean company with manufacturing all over

8. Nexen is a Korean company

9. General Tire is an Indian company

10. Toyo is a Japanese company

I think you’re better off buying the best performing tire your money is worth imho.

FWIW: I’ve had pretty good experiences with Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 for most of summer/fall/spring and Michelin Pilot A/S Plus as a general all season (can get buy as a *light* snow tire if you have AWD)

The other thing I use to run were Continental Sports Contact 2 as a summer/fall/spring tire (I didn’t like).
And the Continental Extreme Contact for winter (Which were ok, but squealed a lot).

You probably don’t need two sets of tires down here, because the likelihood of you needing tires with snow traction is almost 0 unless you like to ski a lot… It helps if you’re up in the bay area and want to go to Tahoe a lot.

I ran a set of for a brief 3 months BF Goodrich (I forget what they were), but they were ridiculously crappy…. They were cheap (in cost) and as a result, cheap quality too..

Runflats also suck btw….