nc87k5
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Has anyone used them? I was curious because I can get a really good price on a set for the Tahoe. I kow they are not going to be like Michelins, but they are over half the price!
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Primewell tires question
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Never had a complaint on them, but that isn't saying too much because usually the only people that will buy them are teenagers who need to get something on their car in a hurry and have no money.
If you are looking for a decent tire that isn't too terribly priced look at Hankook. They are now OE on some vehicles and have a road hazard warranty. (depending on the application and model/load range)
If you are looking for a decent tire that isn't too terribly priced look at Hankook. They are now OE on some vehicles and have a road hazard warranty. (depending on the application and model/load range)
Not familiar with that brand, but I can give you my feelings on tires in general.
(like you care<G>)
Many years ago, a car I had came with top of the line Firestone's. I wanted Michelins, but heck these were brand new.
A certain intersection in Orlando back in the boonies had something wrong with it. When it was raining, it was not uncommon to watch cars slide right through a red light.
Sometimes it was hard to get started once you stopped. The tires would just spin.
I got good at coming up on it at night, cranking the wheel hard over, hitting the brake and doing a 360 through the intersection.
Later, the Firestones' were showing their age, so I replaced them with a set of Michelins.
Week or so later, it was raining, and I went to do my spin. Cranked the wheel hard over, hit the brake, and almost bit a chunk out of the steering wheel when the car screeched to a stop.
The intersection was still slick, other cars slid, but not those Michelins.
Few years later, a friend of mine owned a tire store, and I went in for new tires. He had been a Michelin dealer, and could still get them, but had another store brand Yokohamas, I think.
He was trying to sell me a set, and assured me that they were just as good as Michelins, but much less money.
I looked him in the eye, and I told him that I could not grow back limbs, a new head, or come back from the dead.
But I could darn well make more money as long as I was not hurt or killed in a wreck.
I may buy cheap paint, cheap gas, skimp on other things, but my steering and brakes are top of the line.
And tires are a big part of that.
J.
(like you care<G>)
Many years ago, a car I had came with top of the line Firestone's. I wanted Michelins, but heck these were brand new.
A certain intersection in Orlando back in the boonies had something wrong with it. When it was raining, it was not uncommon to watch cars slide right through a red light.
Sometimes it was hard to get started once you stopped. The tires would just spin.
I got good at coming up on it at night, cranking the wheel hard over, hitting the brake and doing a 360 through the intersection.
Later, the Firestones' were showing their age, so I replaced them with a set of Michelins.
Week or so later, it was raining, and I went to do my spin. Cranked the wheel hard over, hit the brake, and almost bit a chunk out of the steering wheel when the car screeched to a stop.
The intersection was still slick, other cars slid, but not those Michelins.
Few years later, a friend of mine owned a tire store, and I went in for new tires. He had been a Michelin dealer, and could still get them, but had another store brand Yokohamas, I think.
He was trying to sell me a set, and assured me that they were just as good as Michelins, but much less money.
I looked him in the eye, and I told him that I could not grow back limbs, a new head, or come back from the dead.
But I could darn well make more money as long as I was not hurt or killed in a wreck.
I may buy cheap paint, cheap gas, skimp on other things, but my steering and brakes are top of the line.
And tires are a big part of that.
J.
What kind of Primewell's? The P-1000's or whatever they are with the goofy looking tread? Besides looking goofy, they are ill-wearing and in general, not a very good tire. Other tires from that brand seem decent though.
