<VV> 185/80/13 Early Tires: Which Ones Do I Buy?

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

I'm running the Firestone FR380s in 185/80/13 on my daily driver.  Not a 
performance tire but they ride really well and seem to wear pretty 
good.  Mounted balanced and everything out the door for a little less than 
$50.00/tire.

Dennis

At 06:49 PM 11/5/2005, Bowtie Guy wrote:
>The internet is a good tool but common sense advice from people who have 
>experience with their tires is worth a great deal too. My current tires 
>are 175/80/13 Diamondback Classics. I have searched the replacement 
>possibilities and they are: Cooper Trendsetter SE, Firestone FR380, Kumho 
>AS795(rated highly by Consumer Reports), Hercules MRIV and MRX PLUS IV, 
>Douglas Extra-Trac, Peerless President II and MasterCraft ASIV.
>
>The Diamondback Classics are based upon the Hercules tires. Online Tires 
>carries them for much less than the $129 per tire that I paid 6 years ago. 
>Kumho is available at my Sears dealer and is highly rated. Coopers are 
>local and rated well online. Peerless is local and cheap but is comparable 
>to the FR380 which is not rated well. Any and all experience with the 
>tires listed above would be appreciated.
>
>Bob Vukas
>bowtieguy at cox.net