Originally Posted By: Rand
i had 3 places that wouldnt even quote me for t rated tires on a 2010 accent... they kept saying it required H rated tires...
The car DID come with H rated tires... but some other other option packages came with S-rated..
and the manual and door placard dont require a speed rating...
defenders are going on this week.. Winter is over... enough.
If anything you should be applauding any tire store that wants to install the correct tires for your vehicle. All to often it is the other way around, where shops will install anything on a vehicle that they have in stock. The OEM put that speed rating tire on the vehicle for a reason. The industry standard to use at least what came from the factory, if not something that exceeds it. That being said, Michelin says it is ok to drop one speed rating on a vehicle as long as the owner is informed that the vehicle may not react the same way as it did before. And it is with only the Michelin tires. Does not apply to BFG, Uni. Most other manufactures say to stick with the original speed rating.
You are more than welcome to do whatever you would like. Everyone thinks they have the correct answer as far as what their car should have, what the air pressure should be, what weight oil should be used, etc. I guess all of the r&d and engineering money that is spent on vehicle design is just a waste of money, since joe blow knows how things really should be.
And as far as your Defenders go, they are a very nice tire. If it were my car, I'd prefer that they were H rated and not T rated, however I would gladly take a 90k T rated over a 50k H Rated tire. On the Kia, I kept the H rated that came on it, but chose a Bridgestone Turanza Serenity Plus, which carries a 80k warranty and is at least 4x better handling tire than the defender.
Sorry for the long message, but I was started off just stating that it isn't fair to get an attitude or black list someone for doing the right thing instead of bending the "rules"