Goodyears ROCK. But only their Ultra High Performance offerings. All the rest of their tires are for nanny drivers.

I've had two sets of Goodyear F1 Allseason. These tires are the cats meow. The grip on dry roads is phenomenal, the grip in the wet is exactly the same as the dry. In torrential rain, redlining 1st and 2nd with not even a twitch from the rear. . And even in the snow they are above average for an A/S tire. Plus the tread looks mean!



I am switching over soon to a new set of dedicated summers. And I chose the Goodyear F1 GS-D3. *drools*

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1991 300E - 212K and rising fast...

You sure about that? The only thing I can find about a US plant is a plant that makes seals (sealant?) in KY.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

There is only one Yoko (tire) plant in the USA. It's in Salem, VA. ~1000 employees. It would be safe to assume that a lot of the tires come from Japan where they have 5 separate tire plants. And a small amount are made here in the USA.

http://www.yrc.co.jp/english/profile/factory.html

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I've never owned a set of Yokohamas that I didn't give away after a short period of time. They are a cheaper alternative, and ride like a cheaper tire.

Any tire can last a long time, ... if the rubber is hard enough.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

I had Yokohama Advans as standard equipment on an Evolution 8, those tires kicked ass but they were dead after 3k miles of hard driving. Very soft.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

+4 on Kumho's. Great bang for your buck.

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1982 240 D, 308,000 - 321,127 miles (sold)
1982 300 TD,166,500 - 226,000 miles
1998 E 320, 120,000 - 144,000 miles
2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold)

the reason i said the tires are made in the u.s.a is my tires have those words stamped right on the sidewalls.and they are great tires,i drive aggresive,and they grip good,no squealing around corners or rotories.

if your interested in a nice set of yokohamas,check out the Yokohama Avid H4S series,thats what i got,great all season sport tire. 195/65 15 t rated

I had a set of H4S in 225/45/17. Good tire.

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The only blowout my dad ever had was on a practically new goodyear tire. He made such a deal about it, I'd never buy goodyears myself. And, I might say accidents happen, but then I might start to sound like Rand Paul.

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1984 300D, 228k, Light Ivory, Java MB-Tex

"...Goodyear Assurance tires about 5 years ago, they all had the tread 60% gone in about 12k, and two of them were vibrating and failing. I had them replaced under warranty with Michelin Destiny/Harmony."

I'm currently having issues with Goodyear wear out warranty on my Assurance tires. They made it to almost half of the 65,000 mile warranty. The goodyear dealer refuses to honor the warranty because the Road Hazard insurance is required for the tire wear. Goodyear Corporate (Innovation Way, Ackron) is sticking to the story. I give up.

How did you get the Assurance tires replaced with Michelins? I would prefer Continental's as they are on my bike (Specialized Allez Elite) and I like them. The Assurance are 100% road noise and fast wear. How did you get them to agree to do a warranty replacement with another brand?

Was that in any of the documentation that came with the tires (there is usually a pamphlet that discusses warranty).

That doesnt add up because wear is not a road hazard. It is intended use.

On the other hand, as a long time MB owner, Ive seen that these cars can eat up tires, especially front tires, pretty easily, even with good feeling front ends and decent alignments on a dealer rack. So unless you can prove that youve maintained good alignment (rack printouts) and rotations, you'd have a tough time anyway...

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (116k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (267k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K), 1985 300D (233K), 1993 300D 2.5T (338k), 1993 300SD (291k)

I've never been into Goodyears much because I worked for a couple of Bridgestone/Firestone dealers during my college years. I currently run Michelins on my sport bike and Kumhos on my 300D. I run the best tires I can find for my type of riding with the bike, and those are Michelin Pilot Road 3. While expensive, they grip like heck and I got 10,000 miles out of my last rear tire. That's a lot for a sport bike. Choices are limited for the car, since not much is available in 195/70-14 these days. I have Kumho Solus tires and they are doing quite well. I'd like to upgrade to a 15" tire in order to have more tire choices, but I haven't found a set of rims at the free/cheap range that I'm looking at.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.