Foreign made tires - Chinese vs. Korean etc.

[u3b3rg33k]

I've gone from coopers to goodrich, and I think i've finally settled on nokians for winter, and Yokos for not winter. I'm now a huge fan of the AVS ES100's, but I think what really made the difference was going from a 440 treadwear to 280 treadwear tires.

I'm a bit afraid of putting anything that costs much less than $100 a tire on my car.

 

[daves87rs]

True...

 

[sciphi]

I've been satisfied with my Brazilian-made Pirelli P4's. Very grippy, good in the wet and the snow. A bit noisy, though. At 45k miles they still have a ton of life left.

When these wear out, I may try the Goodyear Assurance FuelMax 'cause they're made in the US and are an okay tire from the reviews I've read.

 

[daves87rs]

Originally Posted By: sciphi
I've been satisfied with my Brazilian-made Pirelli P4's. Very grippy, good in the wet and the snow. A bit noisy, though. At 45k miles they still have a ton of life left.

When these wear out, I may try the Goodyear Assurance FuelMax 'cause they're made in the US and are an okay tire from the reviews I've read.


THe Ps are getting some good reveiws....

 

[flacoman]

My current General HP's were made in Portugal ..go figger! They seem to be holding up well , but require higher than average pressure (51 psi sidewall max) 42- 45 seems to be about the right spot for them.
my2c
Jorge

 

[FordFocus]

they don't require higher pressure, they can handle higher pressure be do not require to be run higher than what the vehicle calls for

 

[flacoman]

True, but they were very mushy and lowered mileage at 36 , 40 woke them up and they ended up happy at that pressure