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Originally Posted by matthewb0051 View Post
I was at Discount Tire last week and overheard another customer:

"but these were supposed to be 80,000 mile tires"

My tire philosophy: No way am I driving tires that have 80k miles on them
Absolutely. If the tires last that long, then they are hard as rocks and will suck at everything cornering, braking, etc.... And they won't last that long, because I'll be sliding all over the place on them.

If you're always driving miss Daisy, then they may be the tire for you.
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