Tires

[Bduck]

I spent a couple of hours getting quotes to replace the tires on my Dodge Nitro. I've been running the Toyo Open Country ATDII on my F250 and wife's Escalade for a couple years now. Looking online is not the same as looking at the tread design first hand. For this part of the country I like an all terrain thats aggressive enough for the roads in the winter snows, get off of the beaten path making tracks but yet not back country which I know would perform to a certain value, I like the taste to play even in my retirement. As with most all terrains they can create some kind of road noise but I find these to the extent that I don't have to talk above normal situations or crank up the radio to drown out the noise. I remember back in the early 70's I would go buy a set of 2 tires, at that time that's what I could afford usually in a bias ply under $100. A radial then was a little more expensive and you were lucky to get maybe 25-30g miles on those 2 tires. Every year I was buying 2 tires to maintain good tread on the road. As I was shopping for the tires I wanted in 5 different tire stores I ran across a $300 spread for the same tire. The package that goes with the tire were close to being pretty much the same except for the road hazard. Road hazard would cover based on how much tread was left down to 20-30% of minimum legal tread allowed on the road which 2/32. The road hazard I got covered 100% down to the 2/32 and the total price was at the lower end of the quotes I got. There are many tires out there that have the same or close to the same tread design with the unfortunate price fluctuations. Most mileage warranties hit in the 50-60mi range with some that go even higher.
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