From: nope@nope.com
Desert Guy wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:44:45 -0700, Bob's Road House spat out the following
> (in article <77GAk.10345$PS3.6866@newsfe06.iad>):
>
>> I have to back up the other on the Michelins. I had them on my truck here in
>> AZ for around 85,000 miles and changed them out with lots of tread simply
>> because they were 6 years old. Naturally I replaced them with another set of
>> Michelins. You can choose to buy tires that you'll replace more often but
>> you should enjoy the milage, wear and handling of the tires as well. No
>> problems with road noise either.
>>
>>
>> wrote in message
>> news:6c14c5b8-8687-4a59-993f-324da4b87ef4@k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
>> While there are other decent tires, I second and third the opinion on
>> Michelins. The world's fastest production cars (Bugatti Veyron, 250MPH
>> +) run only on Michelins. And for typical cars people are only talking
>> about $20-30 difference each between these and many cheap tires. IMO
>> buying cheap tires usually end up more expensive in the long run.
>>
>>
>> On Sep 12, 8:06 am, "DanG" wrote:
>>> IMHO, money spent on anything other than Michelin is wasted. The LTX M/S
>>> is
>>> simply outstanding for traction AND wear. 50k mile tire life is common,
>>> and
>>> many run up to 80k. Quiet and smooth, they are the best.
>
> My Taco and I do a considerable amount of off road driving on old jeep trails
> in dry desert conditions in southern AZ. These are not graded roads, and they
> really do require both 4WD and high clearance. Rarely any mud, but lots of
> deep ruts and big sharp rocks on a dry hard service.
>
> Which Michelins would the Michelin enthusiasts recommend for this purpose?
>
> Desert Guy
>
I'm running Toyo's 10 ply for the gravel roads up north here,they also
work very well on wet paved streets,traction in the deep snow ok,mud
good,only have 10K km on them.....will see
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