Generic tire brands - any good?

[ksujeff99]

As someone else stated, the tires are literally the most important aspect of a vehicle as they are the only thing touching the road. It always amazes me to see nice vehicles with bargain basement mystery tires to ”save” $200

I can see some limited use cases for these - spare tire (maybe), extreme terrain tires on Dodge rims for that annual wheeling trip, need a replacement tire before your lease ends, losing the truck to the ex in the divorce and you have to buy new tires before you give it to her...

I found the tyrereview website per the post above. Holy moly! There are user reviews on a bunch of these crap tires. I recon most are like this one, "Got these tyres on advice from a tyre dealer who obviously gave the wrong advice, I have a golf gti and I nearly crashed twice, wet grip is terrible when taking corners, also road noise is very loud, if you want to stay alive do not buy these tyres."

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[moosehead]

Most of those generic “brands” sound like either gastrointestinal ailments or STD’s.

 

[Voronbrg]

They maybe bad, but I believe they pass some sort of government test to be safe for the roads. Unless they're marked for off road use only. Who knows the bar maybe that low.

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