[quote=svelte]I’m pretty much a Goodyear man, never had a bad set.
Never purchased any Michelins, but a car I bought came with them. They lasted a loooong time (I think, didn’t buy the car new) and at 70K miles I got a huge bubble (size of baseball) in the tread of front right. An anomaly I figure, so I switched it out with the spare until I decided what to do. Next week, a huge bubble appeared in the front left!
That freaked me out pretty bad, never bought any Michelins after that.
Wife’s Mustang came with BF Goodrich when we bought it new. Great tires, we loved them. So when time came to replace them, I bought the exact same tires for it. Tire dealer told me they had just redesigned that tire and I thought great, these will be even better. WRONG. The tires are SO noisy that we are counting the miles until they need replacement. In fact, I think we’ve decided to replace them early anyway. Very, very noisy tires.[/quote]
FWIW:
BF Goodrich is now owned by Michelin. the last set I had were made in Thailand and didn’t last that long either. As such, BFG costs less than Michelin for comparable tires, but in my experience they don’t perform close to Michelin’s …
I’ve gone through Bridgestone, Pirelli’s, Continentals, Goodyears, Michelins, BF G, Dunlop, and now Kumho’s.
