|
I have 6 cars nowadays and a big mix of tires, name brand and not... I'm not convinced by video tests and whatnot, honestly I think even when they say they're not taking money they are... most knockoff brands are just copies of big name brands anyway so the tread pattern side of things doesn't stand up... so it comes down to compound I guess???
I have no name all seasons from the USA on my Celica GT, it drives better and quieter than the Toyo Proxes all seasons on my Celica GT-S (absolutely terrible road noise!).... my winter tires were creappy Tiger Paws and I made it to the same ice racing as 320icar did... one of my Lexus has $70 Barum tires made in Czech Republic from Discount Tire on it and it drives better than the other Lexus with Continental DWS on it... My MR2, due to staggered sizes and nobody making 15" tires anymore... it has Kumho's and they're pretty terrible.
To each their own I suppose!
The other thing with video tests is that absolutely nobody is pushing their car or tire to the limit like those people are to get their numbers. Not everyone is a RS member haha... majority of the population is driving within the 5/10ths of capability (or less!) that is pretty much an even playing field for every tire.
|