[T3] too hard to Retire!

[Brian Fye]

I run federal tire on the back of both my notchbacks.  Very good tire
for the price.

On 2/14/12, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> OK, I did some looking into what is available in our tire size and yea,
> despite the popularity of the size, it looks like were pretty boned these
> days!
> The Kumho's I love were obsolete when I got them. so that's out,
>
> Here's what I found in 165 80 15
> If anybody is running any of these and can do a comparison or offer their
> experience on them Id be interested
>
> 1)	NEXEN  $62,  WHO is this?  Never heard of the brand before!  Sounds
> CHEAP..
> 2)	Nankang  $58  Sounds REALLY cheap, and from what the Mustang guys
> say (who use them on the front of their drag cars) they are UGLY!
> 3)	Federal  $75  again, WHO makes these?  Never heard of Federal
> 4)	Vredesten  $109  Ahhh.. made in the neatherlands, that's good.
> $109ea, that's bad!
> 5)	Multimile  $72  again, never heard of it.
>
> For the Crate, I can probably use anything decent as that car will not see
> many miles or hard use but when the Kumho's go on the Square I need GOOD
> tires on that car as Im often morbidly overloaded, pulling a boat and doing
> all that on 90+ days OR when its raining so hard you cant see and need good
> rain tires!
>
> The Kumho's im running have stiffer sidewalls than any tire Ive ever run on
> the car, and it handles better than it ever has, and that's all with stock
> ride height. Id like to find another tire that has a good stiff sidewall.
> any opinions or experiences with the above tires would be great!
>
> Thanks
>
> Keith
>
>
> Top Notch Restorations
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
> 71 Squareback "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
> 87 golf "Winterat"
> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
>
>
>
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Brian Fye
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