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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Age: 58
Posts: 123
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Age: 58
Posts: 123
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Cooper vs. Goodyear Tires
Hey all, long time no post. I had a set of Goodyear Fortera tires, top of the line and not cheap and they rode really nice especially compared to the OE Bridgestone Duelers. I was on my 2nd set of them and got a flat and went to get the tire patched and they said there wasn't enough of the tire left to patch and that i was going to need new tires very soon. I bought these 3 years ago and got 41,000+ miles out of them. The manager at Goodyear said the company was aware that the Fortera tires had an "issue" with treadlife (gee i wasn't aware) and that they would give me a "good deal" on a new set because the tires were warranted to 60K so i would get a pro-rated discount. I decided that i did not want to buy Goodyear tires ever again and so after shopping around for specials i wound up buying a set of Cooper Discovery tires for $580 total. I wasn't shopping for any particular brand of tires. The store offered Michelen (most expensive but super nice tires), Cooper, Nitto, Sumintomo, Goodyear, and Pirelli. I took a picture just now in the rain and although it's not a great picture because some water got on my camera lens, i figured i'd better post the obligatory picture before i got hit with a this thread is useless without a picture posting!
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2001 Limited 4X4 with Supercharger and TRD exhaust
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