Re: [Amc-list] And Speaking of Tires

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Ford has been hanging Hankooks on their vehicles for a while now.
Consumer reports tagged Hankooks as a bestbuy also.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

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From: "John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>
> Ahwhile back there was a thread extolling the virtues of one brand of tire
> over others and given that most of that is personal preference and charged
> with emotion rather than much in the way of measurable performance
> comparisons I have found over the last couple of years that with the
> multitude of big hoop tires and their popularity many tire companies are
> backing away from some of what use to be garden variety sizes or performance
> sized tires that used to be popular back in the day when muscle cars flexed
> their muscles rather than joined the automotive equivalent a "socially
> acceptable" gym and are limiting the sizes they manufacture while others are
> specializing in niche markets. These leaves the Goodyear Store "or pick your
> own personal preference brand such as Fisk or what ever" to display about 10
> different makes of tires some that you have never heard of from countries
> you may not have heard of to select from. Required if you want a certain
> size that is no longer overly popular. I have just purchased my 2nd pair of
> Hankook tires to be mounted on the front of my car, this time my T&C and
> last time my Saturn. These are made in Korea and have some form of an
> all-weather tread bordering on a performance oriented design. I thought that
> the first set was out of the ordinary as they seemed to "feel" really good
> on the car. All cars feel good with new tires anyway, but these felt
> exceptionally good! At least on the Saturn. As Hankook was the only tire in
> stock that fit the front of my T&C and I was basically satisfied with them
> on the Saturn, I had the Kellys I had previously purchased moved to the back
> and put on a new set of Hankook tires. Once again these things were superior
> in feel even compared to my new Kelly tires of which I had not complaints
> with at all. They were no longer being made and my Good Year Store had non
> in stock and could not get anymore. 
> 
> So in the for-what-it-is-worth department. These Hankook tires sure seem to
> be worth the money I have spent for them twice and I will probably buy some
> more of them if I can get them in the size I need. And they were not an
> expensive tire.
> 
> John. 
> 
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