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SUV Tires: Dumb Questions
- Thread starter Mendel
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My opinion and personal experience; I have not had good results from Bridgestone. I have had GREAT results from Michelon. That's what I would recommend. I would also recommend buying from Tire Rack (http://www.tirerack.com). You buy the tires and have them drop shipped to a tire dealer who installs them. The tire dealer gets paid for the balancing and mounting of the tires. You save money on the tires. I have done this with 4 sets of tires with no problems. Just pay attention as to where you have the tires shipped from. Wait until a supplier close to you has the tires in stock. O/W, the shipping from a far away supplier erases your savings.
I'm a longtime believer in Michelin - always gotten more than the " warranted" miles out of a set.
we have an all wheel drive BMW X3 and the factory tires were Michelin all season , got 70K b4 we needed new ones , replaced with same , great in the NewEngland snow , haven't needed "snow" tires - I firmly believe in paying more for a great tire and getting 70K rather than getting cheapo tires and replacing them every 25-30K.
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Michelin hands down. I worked for a large tire retailer and they hated selling Michelin tires because they would never get repeat business from that customer until they bought a new car. Those things seemingly never wear out. I just bought a new truck and it came with Michelins and they ride beautifully. Have to see what the winter performance is like...
