Ummm... Sorry. Maybe I have a different perspective; having sold, repaired, installed and raced tires from pretty much all the major manufacturers out there. I've seen them all literally inside & out, and in may cases, in cross-section as well.
Would rather have a nice sticky set of Kumhos or better yet, Yokohamas if I were going to go Asian-produced. In the northern US ice & snow, Goodyear All-Weather radials are still almost impossible to beat no matter which product line you choose, plus all but the cheapest lines are produced in the US. They're heavy-walled, which is good, but tend to need more weight to balance.
Michelins are still my 2nd choice for northern climate and first for summer; their hydroplaning-resistance is legendary for a reason. Their production standards and uniformity are second to none;
the ONLY brand I've EVER seen a full set of tires that didn't need ANY weight to balance.
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And I've seen it more than once with them.
Down here in the Tejas suck, cheap takes priority for a daily driver; any tire will sun-rot in a couple-three years, so trying to get 50-60K from a set is idiotic. Get what's cheap, run them till they peel off the rims, replace them and pocket the difference.
On my trucks I used to run 31.5-10.50/15 8-ply radials retreads from Bandag, who also manufactured in New York state. Their utility tread was simply unbeatable for on/off road mixed use, and I NEVER had one peel, even when I was hauling ten tons of steel doing erection work. They sometimes took 1/4 pound of lead to balance, though.
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If Manny Esquerra could beat them from one end of the Baja desert to the other, they had to have something going for them.
mnem
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