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Car & Driver Test 11 Top Brand Names In Tires
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2001 ZTS,Nov 8 2005, 09:28 AM Wrote:You have to be very careful with any manufacturer when it comes to OEM. In most cases the same make and model tire fitted at the factory is very different (worse) than the same make and model sold as a replacement.
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I'll back that up as a friend of mine works for Michelin as a chemical engineer and has told me on various occasions that the OEM tires that they ship to manufacturers are of inferior quality to the ones they sell trough there distribuition channels, they do this to keep the price down and make more money later when the customer needs to replace there tires.

Laterz :)
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