REALLY? I'd be a little worried... "The Radial 857 is KUMHO's Euro-metric Commercial-sized special purpose tire designed for use on trailers. Radial 857 tires are not intended to be used on cars or light trucks." Yikes. Karl mcneely4@cox.net wrote: > I recently got Kumho 857 tires from Discount Tire. They can be had from > other dealers though. I agree that the Michelins are improper for our > vehicles, despite being sold by the best known renovator in the > business. If a vehicle requires a tire of a given weight rating, that > is because it would not be safe to use a lighter tire. And yours have > gone bad. I am very pleased so far with my tires (some 6000 miles). > Ride and drive well, and most important, they meet the rating required. > > Dave Mc > |
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