Originally Posted by jeremym

Another important point to make, that a lot of people seem to pass over when comparing tires.

You said you got 32k out of your RFT's, right? With that said, RFT or not, you are comparing tires that had 32k miles to tires that are brand new. Just due to human nature, it's impossible to compare each tire like this. You'll almost always have a bias view towards the newer tires for the simple fact that, well, they're new. Maybe you're right, maybe they really are "better" but again..remember..unless you can somehow travel through time and compare the RFT's when NEW to the Firestones when new, there's no possible way you can give an accurate comparison.

32k miles is a lot of miles, and time. Nothing personal but, I don't think anyone can "remember" how the RFT's were exactly when they bought them. If you compared the RFT's to the Firestones, but both new, I think you'd see much less of a difference.

That's just me though. Glad you like them.



Edit to add: Not to mention the other components that now have 32k more miles on them. You're comparing used, worn out RFT's to new Firestone tires. But you're also comparing your vehicle (if you can accurately remember the early days of the RFT's) when it had 32k less miles on it.

Just food for thought.