MESSMAKER
Veteran Member
They are pretty good. i have had one set on a car and two on a truck. Seem to be pretty high quality and price is good.
Kumho Tires
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Bird
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I can certainly understand your situation, but mine is a bit different. First is that the Discount Tire place that I use is less than 2 miles from my house. Second is that they do the tire rotation every 7k miles at not cost (even for the car that still has the tires it had when I bought it), so their computer has all the information, and then, yep, I've got the date and mileage of every service of any kind on my own computer.:laughing:
VTFireftr
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Go to Tire Rack - Your performance experts for tires and wheels. Thier website has all types of information and customer reviews.
I always check their reviews before buying tires.
And since they now have regional warehouses, shipping charges are more reasonable. I just bought four new tires (General Altimax HP) and steel rims for my 2005 Ford Focus. Since I bought the rims and tires from them, mounting and balancing were "free". I picked them up at their Connecticut warehouse (only 1.5 hours from my house). Saved about $300 over buying from local dealer - mostly on the steel rims.
Marc
I always check their reviews before buying tires.
And since they now have regional warehouses, shipping charges are more reasonable. I just bought four new tires (General Altimax HP) and steel rims for my 2005 Ford Focus. Since I bought the rims and tires from them, mounting and balancing were "free". I picked them up at their Connecticut warehouse (only 1.5 hours from my house). Saved about $300 over buying from local dealer - mostly on the steel rims.
Marc
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Bird
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Thanks, Marc, overall the reviews for the Kumho model I am considering are quite good.
clemsonfor
Super Member
consumer reports list only like 4 reviews for the Khumo solus kr21 i have listed i had trouble with.
I reasearched this tire pretty well before i got it and most review seem positive. But what i notice on tires is that most review them either the first few thousand miles. Well i have bought the cheapest tires before and they were 100x better than the worn out cupped or whatever i had on there before so i dont see a brand new tire ever riding bad.
Back to what i first wrote here... after i started looking for new tires that kr21 kept returning as a tire on every site i looked at as an entry level tire price. I googled solus kr21 wearing out early, and it returned the CR page, those 4 reviews i mentioned all had thier tires wear out in less than 35k. One guy said he had then on his car wear out in like 30k over 5 years and on his wifes van in less mileage than that, like 20k. His were newer models if i remember. Someone with an explorer said their wore in 35k. Like i said mine probably have 25k on them and are worn out. Every one of those 4 has the tires wearing out 2-3x earlier than suppose to. Yes i have a bone to pick with them but i would of got this mileage out of used tires?? Just letting you know what my experience is. I would not buy these tires again even if i had a deal like you, its an ordeal thats just not worth the hastle, even an off name tire is better than what i got. Dont forget you still have to buy their protection and pay a prorate and sit in the dealer.
Also i buy tires online as i live in a rural area. I can come out cheaper, by a lot if i get tires online and then have them installed. Yes i run into this when i have a bad tire but thats life.
I reasearched this tire pretty well before i got it and most review seem positive. But what i notice on tires is that most review them either the first few thousand miles. Well i have bought the cheapest tires before and they were 100x better than the worn out cupped or whatever i had on there before so i dont see a brand new tire ever riding bad.
Back to what i first wrote here... after i started looking for new tires that kr21 kept returning as a tire on every site i looked at as an entry level tire price. I googled solus kr21 wearing out early, and it returned the CR page, those 4 reviews i mentioned all had thier tires wear out in less than 35k. One guy said he had then on his car wear out in like 30k over 5 years and on his wifes van in less mileage than that, like 20k. His were newer models if i remember. Someone with an explorer said their wore in 35k. Like i said mine probably have 25k on them and are worn out. Every one of those 4 has the tires wearing out 2-3x earlier than suppose to. Yes i have a bone to pick with them but i would of got this mileage out of used tires?? Just letting you know what my experience is. I would not buy these tires again even if i had a deal like you, its an ordeal thats just not worth the hastle, even an off name tire is better than what i got. Dont forget you still have to buy their protection and pay a prorate and sit in the dealer.
Also i buy tires online as i live in a rural area. I can come out cheaper, by a lot if i get tires online and then have them installed. Yes i run into this when i have a bad tire but thats life.
Gale Hawkins
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I prefer faster wearing tires of the added safety.
Just remember I have a new set on to the front axle of the F700 truck but they are dated 2008 and were wrecked school bus tires.
Just remember I have a new set on to the front axle of the F700 truck but they are dated 2008 and were wrecked school bus tires.
crbr
Veteran Member
I use Kumho for my trailers. Cooper passenger tires for the car (so long Michelin low-mile tires), and Michelin AT for the truck.
Local dealer here says they have problems with Kumho's warranty service, so they recommended the Cooper. Good tire so far.
Local dealer here says they have problems with Kumho's warranty service, so they recommended the Cooper. Good tire so far.
Case485Guy
Gold Member
I had 235/85/16" on my hotshot trucks with good luck. Good tire for the money. We ran them on big trucks too with good luck.
tkappeler
Platinum Member
Don't forget to check out the surveys. They give numerical ratings across a whole spectrum of factors such as dry traction, wet traction, snow, noise as well as giving them a rating compared to other tires in the same category.