Nankang, Sumitomo, Nexen and other inexpensive tires

[mountainman]

+ 1 for the Hankooks and Sumitomas. I run both and they perform just as well as the high priced ones at half the price. Used nothing but Michelin for 40 years and never did they stand behind a bad one. The last set I bought 3 of the 4 failed before they had 3000 miles on them and their representative ( appeared to be a 20 year old girl that had never really seen a tire up close ) told me they couldn't possibly have made a defective tire and it must be my fault. Even had 3 different Michelin tire dealers tell me that Michelin never will take responsibility for a defective tire and they can't adjust it. They think that because they have a relationship with Porsche that we are stupid enough to buy them no matter what.