Need New Opinions On Tires Please

[Prange]

Dodge is running their "Buy 3, get 1 Free" tire specials now. That's when I get my tires. Prices are very competitive, too.

 

[Geerhed]

Dodge is running their "Buy 3, get 1 Free" tire specials now. That's when I get my tires. Prices are very competitive, too.

Thanks for the info.

 

[2ndgen]

The worse tire I ever had on a Ram truck some years back was a Cooper tire....OMG just horrible tires with a bad ride and noise.

Which Cooper? I've ran Cooper Discover M+S/AT3/Road & Trail on my SUV for years with zero complaints.

 

[Jimmy N.]

The worse tire I ever had on a Ram truck some years back was a Cooper tire....OMG just horrible tires with a bad ride and noise.

The worst I can remember were the Nexens that came on my '17 Ram.

They were quiet and rode well, but the best part was that they started coming apart with about 20,000 miles on them, which was a perfect excuse to switch to Toyos. And it wasn't just my tires, many others had the same experience with those Nexens.

 

[rookerrobert]

I agree I had Nexens on a t/a and yep they sucked

 

[2ndgen]

I thought Nexen was its own brand out of Korea, nothing to do with Cooper--which is made in USA.

 

[Jimmy N.]

I thought Nexen was its own brand out of Korea, nothing to do with Cooper--which is made in USA.

Far from all Cooper tires are made in the USA.

And I have no idea why they would have anything to do with Nexen tires.

 

[fubar569]

Unpopular opinion incoming...

100 bucks a pop or 600 bucks a pop. They all make the same smoke.

Had Cosmo MuchoMacho's on it for awhile. Before the great covidhoax they were 83 bucks a piece on ebay. Honestly a TERRIFIC tire. Made it 2 seasons of absolute abject asshattery and all-around performance was great.

Currently on Accelera Iota or whatever the cheapest budget tire at Walfail was. Since all tire prices went to the moon the cheapest 275/40/20 I could find was about 120 bucks last year in the spring. These make great trailer burnouts on Drag & Drives. Rain performance is above average for class of tire (was able to maintain 65 in a literal sideways monsoon on the way to motion raceworks during sick summer...AFTER roaching half the tread off) and they made it thru Drag week and Buckeye Skips so far. I'll make it thru Southeast Street-N-Yeet too most likely.

I spend the good money where I have to. Mickey Thompson ET Street R's 315/50/17. Lol.

 

[Jimmy N.]

How do they compare to tires I've heard of when coming into a curve a bit too hot?

And are their speed ratings acceptable for a 200 mph car?

 

[fubar569]

How do they compare to tires I've heard of when coming into a curve a bit too hot?

And are their speed ratings acceptable for a 200 mph car?

How often are you out there playing Mario Andretti on public streets and breaking the 200 mph barrier?

 

[Jimmy N.]

How often are you out there playing Mario Andretti on public streets and breaking the 200 mph barrier?

Never. We really don't have any public streets around here, just great curvy roads with minimal, if any, traffic.

And I couldn't break the 200 mph barrier. Partially because my car supposedly tops out at 199, but mainly because there are no straight sections of road long enough to try.

Either way, to me it's not a matter of how often I go fast, be it in a straight line or around curves. It only takes a failure once to ruin the day, or life, and I sure don't want it to happen because of cheap tires.

So while I couldn't care less how much smoke they can produce or their grip from a standing start, I'm still curious about how they handle going fast through curves and what their speed ratings are.