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Tracy Martin TN 
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Posted: 07 Jun 2020 at 10:46pm |
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I have always rain Michelin tires on wife's Camry , 215/60r16 . Not pleased with mileage or noise on last set. The Michelin tires on my truck, didn't last like previous set. I want a good tire that has little to no road noise. What tires are you guys running and the pros and cons. Thanks Tracy
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 07 Jun 2020 at 11:16pm |
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Tracy, I sold hundreds of Multi Mile 80000 Mile tires. Good tread decent wet traction. Kelly built. We also sold hundreds of Uniroyal, Cooper, Mastercraft 80000 Mile tires. Most Michelin we sold were over the road truck tires and pickup tires running on the highway. The Michelin pickup tires would outlast any other brand as long as they were used on the highway.
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Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 6:50am |
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I've been putting Tiger Paws on the vehicles. I believe they are made by Uniroyal. Haven't been happy with the last bunch of Cooper's I put on. Putting shoes on 5 vehicles gets expansive. Don't need tires that cup and split after a year or 2.
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Tbone95
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Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 7:08am |
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Man.....That's surprising about the Michelins. Every time I've used them, they've cost more up front, but were always cheaper per mile.
Other than Michelins, lots of people make tires and I've tried so many I don't know. Seems unless the experience is just within a few months, things could have changed. Your results may vary, as mine certainly has.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 9:01am |
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I agree with TOM... Michelin builds TRUCK TIRES.... On the cars we have Uniroyal and Douglass ( Wal Mart).......... and doing fine............ For noise and wear you need to get a ROAD TIRE, not snow tires, not ZIG ZAG pattern.... Straight or simi straight tread.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Tbone95
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Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 10:39am |
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Well you guys must have reasons for what you say.....I've had Michelins on 3 different cars that I can remember off hand, and they have given me fantastic wear and service and plenty quiet.
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Ray54
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Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 11:34am |
 All good things come to a end.  I buy cheap Chinese crap that the semi trusted local tire man recommends. Even driving slow in everybody's way any more, with twisty roads and potholes and drop offs on the edge of pavement they are Ok. It seem the big name brands ALL decide to take a break and cheapen the product ride the their reputation into the ground. Good luck finding the "best deal",always been a moving target in my mind. So I try to find a local tire man and not one of the big multi store places with all the "free" things THAT NEVER END UP FREE.
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 12:47pm |
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Ray. One thing I forgot to mention. The higher the speed rating on the side of the tire, the less miles you will get out of the tire. I did go on one of my old wholesale tire websites. If I still owned my tire shop you would pay $99.95 each + tax for Uniroyal Tiger Paw AS with a 700AA rating. Speed rating of H. Cooper Grand Touring with a rating of 780AA speed rating T would cost you $99.66 + tax. Those prices would include mounting and balancing but not $1.50 each for tire disposal. Use those and compare locally.
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john(MI)
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Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 7:20pm |
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I'm not sure if it's just Discount Tire or all tire stores, but Discount has a 30 day return policy. I've never taken any back so I'm not sure what the complete policy on it is. I run Coopers on my truck and they are plenty quiet. You can look at comparison sites and they have the noise rating on tires.
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Clay
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Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 11:28pm |
I use Coopers on the 1999 Camry and 1983 F-250 diesel 4x4. These tire have served me very well. Mostly highway miles on the Camry but also lots of gravel. The Coopers seem to perform admirably in all driving conditions. The Coopers on the pickup do well also. It has a Hydra Bed. It does not matter if hauling a trailer, two BIG round bales or empty, the tires do their duty. I usually do not drive over 70 miles per hour. Would I buy Cooper tires again??? YES.
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Posted: 09 Jun 2020 at 12:45pm |
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The Multi-mile brand tires have been so so ~ 25,000-30,000 miles per set per passenger vehicles. Thru the past 15-20 years, I’ve purchased upwards of some 5 sets per some years, amoung our college kids & our at home family’s vehicles. In any of those years, at minimum, I’d replace a couple or whole set. So multiple experience with them. Earlier on, they had good quality, but not so later on. And to further my disgust, the local tire shop I buy them from, quit any adjustments if a tire prematurely failed due to normal driving. So I ventured out of my comfort zone to Walmart Douglas all season radials and have been happy. Not going back to Multi-mile brand in near future.
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Posted: 09 Jun 2020 at 8:04pm |
Put Uniroyal Tiger Paw Touring A/S on my wife's minivan. Been very happy with them, especialy with thier performace in winter driving conditions. Put the same tire on the car my oldest daughter drives also.
The car my youngest daughter started driving (she turned 16 last month) has Kuhmo Soulus KH16 on it. I found out last winter that they are worthless in snow. Probably get the Uniroyals for this car also before winter.
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Posted: 10 Jun 2020 at 11:31pm |
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i was going to get an other set of michalins on my truck and tire shop told me i will not get the milage that i have always got from them any more , told me to get toyos they told me thats what they started running on there service trucks because they were out lasting the michalins they said they cheapened them up
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Posted: 11 Jun 2020 at 12:17am |
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we run mud and snows on all 4 wheels of every vehicle. (not the ones they call all season types) get good ones and they'll last in the 80,000 mile range. i even ran mud and snows on the conversion vans we used to drive. sure aided in turning on snowy roads. if you do get aggressive tires, make sure they have the slots on the sides of the tread, that lets water blow out of the tread, and won't hydro plain as bad.
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john(MI)
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Posted: 11 Jun 2020 at 9:58am |
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The wifie let me drive the car yesterday. It has the Coopers. The tread has straight tracks. There is very little noise. They are holding up well.
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 12 Jun 2020 at 11:38pm |
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We bought a 2014 Ford Explorer new and it came with Hankook Optimo tires on it. They finally were down to about 3/32 after 80K. It's got 20" wheels and everything we could find for it through work was a high performance/short tread life tire except the Hankooks. Figured since they lasted so long, were quiet on the highway, and got around just fine in the winter, no reason to go with something else...
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Posted: 15 Jun 2020 at 7:40pm |
Ran Michelin's high end all season Michelin's on a loaded 95Taurus when I lived in Loveland, CO late 90's and that thing would push snow up to the headlights. Put any good tire you hear works great on one car brand/model and they may not do so well on a different vehicle. Any "offroad", even a length of dirt road driven daily and they may not hold up as well. Ran factory installed Michelin's on Dodge 3/4's for years in the oilfield including 5.9 diesels and they were great on the highway lasting 70-80K to boot. Worthless on dirt roads with any rain and hydro-planed bad on wet pavement, especially making a diesel 2WD shift down with heavy throttle below 55 mph as it was front heavy and you could make em' spin. Bases in the Rockies ordered trucks specifying no Michelin tires and jumped right to something with some lugs like Goodyear or Firestone. I've had good luck with Cooper's on cars, or better yet the Kumho(s) brand. Back in a 6.7 Ram 4x4 diesel now and had new Firestone Transforce HT's on it when purchased and I find them quiet enough on the highway but will rotate them off if heading north this fall on trips. Also don't think a fella can go wrong with HD Kelly's on a 3/4 or one ton but that's just my two centavos.
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Posted: 16 Jun 2020 at 8:26pm |
Found if you check online for deals at any major place including walmart that any tires they carry Discount Tire will match the price - Hankook tires at Wally World were slightly cheaper at Discount when asked if they would match price as mounting was less cost , Put them on GMC 4 x 4 this winter for plowing and they worked good both on snow and ice
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