A tire feathering is usually caused by bad toe.

That's why I said most sizes. I bet if you call now, they will cost more. Michelin had another price increase March 1st (atleast I know they did for medium truck tire, pretty sure all around though) If you had a Bridgestone only last 25,000 miles, someone sold you a speed rated tire, rather than a mileage tire.

 

Not all Michelins are overrated. When I worked in a Jag dealership, they were often the only tire that would hold up decent on a Jag with the camber angles they were set at. You'd usually replace anything else 4 sets to 3 sets of Michelins. Like anything, there's good ones and bad ones; you just have to do your homework on them.

 

The Bridgstones I referanced were OEM tires on a couple of cars I bought. The Michelins I bought were in February of this year. As far as the Bridgstones, I'm not the only one I know that has had short life cycles from OEM Bridgestones. I'm sure there are better Bridgstones avaiable than the OEM's, but compared to virtually any other brand of OEM tire, at least those I have had experience with, the Bridgstones wore the fastest. Actually the size for the HHR 215/55R16's were amongst the highest priced for cars.

 

OEM normally doesn't amount to anything. Usually they are bought in bulk. Manufacturers have a special stock for OEM tires. Most of the time they consist of a lower grade rubber compound

 

can feathering be caused by alot of sharp turns?????i use my hhr for work and i do alot stop and go with turns as im turning into driveways and alot of u-turns

 

Sometimes. It depends on the tire. The wider the treads are spaced, the more likely you will get uneven wear in city driving.

 

that would explain y i went thru 3 sets of tires in a 1yr 1/2

 

Like I said the Bridgstone OEM's wore a lot faster than other brand OEM's. I have had some OEM's that have worn 60,000 miles or so, just not Bridgstones. Thats been my consistant experience, and the same for other folks I know too.

 

This is getting totally irrelevant - saying a specific tire is junk compared to "MY" tires is just that: Junk posts. Saying this tire lasts longer is just a junk comment to most of those looking for advise, cause you may get 1 Million miles out of them, but the next guy only gets 20 thousand miles....

If you are bragging about the long life from your tires... great, glad you got that long mileage and are happy about it. However someone who only gets half the mileage on your recommendation then complains about the tire life missed the point totally, as did you. You have to consider what the buyer is going to expect out of the tires, and how they are actually going to be used.

If you are after long life, get a long life tire. However if you also enjoy throwing your car through the corners with a bit of elan, then don't expect that those same tires will give you not only great handling, PLUS long life.

and gcsd3742 your first comment was spot on - this has been discussed time and time again, and we still have the Michelin camp going rah rah, and the Bridgestone camp gome, pick me - pick me! and the Goodyear camp going Goodness Gracious Grab mine.

However, we can all clown around and keep this thread going.

 

Ok peace-keeper. One thing though. Tires are rated for tread life. It isn't an arguement about who has the best tire, it's a discussion about which tires last the longest. I am in the tire business, I see it everyday. I have fleets that use different tires on different units and we have documented mileage to get a tire that works for them. If someone gets bad mileage out of a set of mileage rated tires, then they should take them back for an adjustment credit. Just make sure its all documented

Btw, Goodyear = POS