JoeCo
Senior Member
Exactly! I see some Tire Rack reviews with thousands of miles on them and thats OK, but then to cross reference them to where I drive, it doesnt specify if 90% of those miles were highway, etc. Impossible for apples to apples and at $200+ each, I dont do "blind faith".
Granted, in 20" diameter MOST tires are that expensive, but its still a crapshoot IMHO.
Yes that is the exact problem, even if the review is after some decent drive time/mileage, usually there are many other missing details or where they live is completely different than where you live. I got my falkens in stock size for $175 a tire from a local shop, at that price I was willing to make the switch from the bfg's and take a little bit of a gamble with them.
When you find a tire nobody has anything bad to say about, you'll let us all know right?
I'm sure you can find a negative review on anything, I was only checking on tire rack as they do at least have some reviews with actual mileage. I may have looked at some other places as well, but mostly tire rack, and I don't recall seeing a bad review of them. I had run probably 3-4 sets of bfg all terrains prior to switching, and what made me look for something new was that I did start to hear and then see some negatives on the bfg's. Price I was finding on the bfg's were around $250/tire, so couldn't justify spending that much more when the falkens seemed perfectly good.
That being said, just like the bfg's, I'm sure falken could slip on their quality as well. Kind of sucks, have to do a decent amount of research each time I need new tires to make sure I don't get duds.