"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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FREDO wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message
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FREDO wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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My daily runner needs new shoes.

Size: 265/65/17

I'm looking at Michelin Cross Terrains at $193 a foot, versus Goodyear
Wrangler SR-A's at $179. In other words, the price is close to the
same.

So, how the hell does one decide, one over the other?



Harry,

My personal choice is Michelin. I have the LT265/75R16C LTX M/S on my
GMC
Z71 I currently have 93,000 miles on them and they still have most of
the
original tread depth left (11/32 according to my Discount Tires guy).
They
also get great traction on ice and snow. (I commute 47 miles each way
every
weekday year round to northern Indiana (and have for 16 years).

At 93k miles and you have most of the original tread depth???

Gee, sounds like you'll get at least 500,000 miles from those bad
boys!!!



I don't know about that but 130,000 would be real nice.
I align my truck (four wheel) every 30,000 miles, check tire pressure
weekly and rotate & balance the tires every 7500 miles when I change the
oil (about every 7 weeks). Of course I paid 788.00 USD for 4 those tires.
Fredo,
Since you paid $788 for the 4 tires, it sounds like these are replacement
tires. At what mileage did you change tires?

I have a lifetime alignment and lifetime tire and rotation, so I rotate
and align my car every 3,000 miles. I can never get more than 30-35M so
you are still getting one hell of a deal.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

The original Firestone Wilderness P265/75R16 (Maypops) were replaced at
79,000 miles. ( I now have approximately 172,000 miles on my truck.)
They were horrible tires for driving on wet or ice covered roads. A couple
of times I had to put the truck in 4wd just to take off from a stop sign
when it was new (and that was just after a summer rain on a chip & seal
road). After putting the Michelin's on I found out the lack of traction was
just the horrible OEM Firestone tires.

Most of my driving is interstate with minimal stop & go. I think this along
with upgrading from P to LT tires helps contribute to my long tread life.
Keep in mind this truck is a 2000 model and it will be ready for it's 3rd
set of tires next year sometime.

Fredo