What's in a name
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Been busy cleaning wheels and replacing tyres on a couple of cars this week, got bored so started reading the sidewalls.
On my E61 fronts are Michelin PS2's ................ French company...........tyres stamped made in USA
Rears Pirelli P Zero's ................Italian Company.....tyres stamped made in Germany
On my Honda Continentals.................German company...................made in Czech republic.
My wifes car has Bridgestones.............Japanese company....................made in China.
What have you got and more importantly, were they made where the brand name suggests?
On my E61 fronts are Michelin PS2's ................ French company...........tyres stamped made in USA
Rears Pirelli P Zero's ................Italian Company.....tyres stamped made in Germany
On my Honda Continentals.................German company...................made in Czech republic.
My wifes car has Bridgestones.............Japanese company....................made in China.
What have you got and more importantly, were they made where the brand name suggests?
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Originally Posted by KAF' post='1068357' date='Dec 5 2009, 04:07 PM
Been busy cleaning wheels and replacing tyres on a couple of cars this week, got bored so started reading the sidewalls.
On my E61 fronts are Michelin PS2's ................ French company...........tyres stamped made in USA
Rears Pirelli P Zero's ................Italian Company.....tyres stamped made in Germany
On my Honda Continentals.................German company...................made in Czech republic.
My wifes car has Bridgestones.............Japanese company....................made in China.
What have you got and more importantly, were they made where the brand name suggests?
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On my E61 fronts are Michelin PS2's ................ French company...........tyres stamped made in USA
Rears Pirelli P Zero's ................Italian Company.....tyres stamped made in Germany
On my Honda Continentals.................German company...................made in Czech republic.
My wifes car has Bridgestones.............Japanese company....................made in China.
What have you got and more importantly, were they made where the brand name suggests?
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Summer - Michelin
Winnter - Dunlop
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Summer: General Exclaim UHP
Winter: Michelin Pilot Alpin (tread life is about 50%, but I'm hoping to get one more season out of em)
Winter: Michelin Pilot Alpin (tread life is about 50%, but I'm hoping to get one more season out of em)
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Originally Posted by gwf545' post='1069014' date='Dec 6 2009, 10:45 PM
Michelin
What's this summer / winter business all about? Is that what people call "seasons"? I don't have those.
What's this summer / winter business all about? Is that what people call "seasons"? I don't have those.
winter-dont't have a winter
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My Bridgestone RE-11's were indeed made in Japan.