Originally Posted By: accent2012
A friend of mine will be needing tires soon for their Ford Fusion. I've found that I can get a Milestar tire MS932 model for just $85/tire. I've researched this model and Milestar offers a 50,000 mile tread warranty, similar to the $140+ Michelins, Dunlops that are available for the same tire size.
Anybody here have any recent experience with milestar tires?
The tread patter for this model looks a lot like my Cooper CS4 tires, and those are great tires - very comfortable and grippy in wet conditions and mine came with a 45k mile tread warranty. However, even the cooper CS4 are more expensive than this brand.
Thanks in advance!
http://www.milestartire.com/tires/ms932
One set run( current )so I only have a limited sample of personal experience with them to relay for you FWIW. Tires were bought in Feb 2011 for my Sister's 2005 Chevy Impala...
Milestar 225/60R16( H speed rating ) Model M665 touring tire.
http://www.milestartire.com/tires/m665
My Sister needed a set of cheap tires for the car so she asked me what to do. I always help her when it comes to car repairs as she doesn't know anything about that. I don't need to go into details but she was forced into this 2005 Impala by her loser daughter. There was so much wrong with it( like needing a trans rebuild )when she got it that had to be fixed I just couldn't see putting top of the line tires on.
I took her to the tire store planning on some Mastercraft tires. Usually a decent tire for an affordable cost. I certainly wasn't going to have her pay top $$ for Michelins, BFG's, etc... Unfortunately, the Mastercrafts were way too $$$ however. After some discussion with the tire guy Milestar came up.
I was very dubious as I had never heard of them at all. However, they were only $90 each which was well below anything else they had in her size and she really needed tires right then as the ones on the car were as bald as Mr. Clean. The tread pattern looked good which is important here due to the snow we get. They had a 400AA UTQG and a 40K warranty. Not great but not the worst I have seen either. The plan was to only keep the car for a year to a year and a half max which would at most mean about 5000 miles of driving for my Sister. The tires would be good enough for that I figured. So we got them.
As I turns out she still has the car here some 3 years later. Things didn't work out as we had planned( does it ever ). She has put a hair over 10,000 on the car since the tires were put on and we are now in the middle of winter #3 with the tires. I drive the car a lot( my Sister doesn't like to drive due to her disability so she has me as much as she can )so I have seen how they have performed.
I have to say they have been an excellent tire. The are wearing very well, the ride is decent, they are not noisy at all, and the most pleasant surprise is how well they do in the snow. I have to be honest and say despite being a cheap off brand made in China( or Taiwan or Korea or wherever the heck they are made )they seem to be a really good tire. I can't say I would put them on a really nice car or run them if I could afford better. However, if I needed a budget tire I could depend on or I had an old beater I needed to get some tires on I would not hesitate to try another set.
Hope this helps you out. Again, it is just one experience with them but so far it has been a very good one.