From: dan@djph.net   
      
   Vic Smith wrote:   
   > I look at Tirerack reviews for a reviewer driving the same car   
      
   As you noticed, it's rare to have the same car, the same weather conditions,   
   the same driving style, the same driving use, etc., such that the boy racer   
   reviews are almost always worthless to me (rarely are they even applicable).   
      
   All you really have to compare is what's molded on the tire sidewall.   
   Take these three tires.   
      
   Tire Rack: $101.00 Kumho Solus TA11 Standard Touring All-Season   
                      P225/75R15 102T UTQG 700AB   
      
   Simple Tire: $88.28 Eldorado Custom 428 A/S   
                       P225/75R15 102S UTQG 440AB   
      
   Carid & TireEasy: $87.98 Nexen PRIZ AH5   
                            P225/75R15 102S UTQG 460AA   
      
   All have the same load range (102 is 1874 pounds/tire) and all have the same   
   traction (A) rating.   
      
   The main difference appears to be in the temperature (aka speed).   
      
   The temperature rating of the Nexen is slightly better (both are rated S but   
   one tested at an A temperature while Eldorado is a lower temp at B) and yet   
   the speed rating of the Kumho is T even as the temperature (aka speed) is   
   rated at only a B. Such are the vagaries when the government specifies the   
   test versus when the tire manufacturer specifies the test, given they're   
   both a "speed" test (what kills tires, at speed, is flexing heat buildup).   
      
   That's all you have that is of any value in choosing between tires.   
   Everything else is just a guess (and even that is a guess in some ways).   
      
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