update to the tire buying experience

HOT RAM said:
How about a moo-moo ? Or an extra long caftan ? :D
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Now that seriously scares me...what the hezlll is a caftan...and how do you know???:eek:rly:
 
CarDude said:
Now that seriously scares me...what the hezlll is a caftan...and how do you know???:eek:rly:
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I would rather have a my sister working in a whorehouse than General tires on anything I own.

A caftan is a long, very comfortable robe............
 
Ok so whats the deal with general tires.By the sounds of what these guys are saying, its a good tire that also has a good cost.Sound like a few have had some bad exp.with generals.I am going to need tires before too long and any input would sure help.!!!!
 
wont grow old said:
Ok so whats the deal with general tires.By the sounds of what these guys are saying, its a good tire that also has a good cost.Sound like a few have had some bad exp.with generals.I am going to need tires before too long and any input would sure help.!!!!
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they are great tires..they are made by continental, which is a firestone company i think......
 
Seems having these tires is worse than having your sister work in a whorehouse. Insult to injury, you have to wear a dress when you drive a vehicle with these tires. :dontknow: :D

On a serious note, tire rack has them listed as summer tires, not all-season.....anyone driven them in the cold and rain?
 
wo1sjb said:
Seems having these tires is worse than having your sister work in a whorehouse. Insult to injury, you have to wear a dress when you drive a vehicle with these tires. :dontknow: :D

On a serious note, tire rack has them listed as summer tires, not all-season.....anyone driven them in the cold and rain?
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they are great in the rain.......i live in central texas, so i dont need all weather tires....
 
FSTJACK said:
I would rather have a my sister working in a whorehouse than General tires on anything I own.
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Jack, Both you and John have made comments about not putting Generals on anything you own. But the UHP's are different. Not your run-of-the-mill General tire. With all the positive comments here and on TireRack.com, I don't understand all the negative comments if you haven't tried them. Did you guys have a bad experience with General Tires 35 years ago or someting?:D
 
Nowwhat said:
you put General tires on a pinto....not a SRT....
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cmon Mike, they dont even make pintos any longer. i heard that you bought a new general UHP grabber to make your swing out back!!!!!
 
wheredwhogo? said:
cmon Mike, they dont even make pintos any longer. i heard that you bought a new general UHP grabber to make your swing out back!!!!!
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General tires are the ones they sell at Pep Boys right....?
 
Nowwhat said:
General tires are the ones they sell at Pep Boys right....?
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dont know if they sell them at pep boys or not...is pep boys that place with the three characters.....who are they??...tom, dick and harry?
 
this is nice...

"The quality control process at the plant was very poor & often resulted in production errors & the creating of bad rubber, which was not made in accordance with General Tire's specifications. The plant operations were driven entirely by production numbers. The company, & in particular the plant managers, pushed the workers so hard to produce excessive numbers of tires that things simply could not be done right all the time." -- Jeff Mullins, former Continental General employee
 
wheredwhogo? said:
dont know if they sell them at pep boys or not...is pep boys that place with the three characters.....who are they??...tom, dick and harry?
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come on...:D ....Manny, Moe and Jack....

they are running a special...buy 4 General's get a case of Tampax....
 
Nowwhat said:
this is nice...

"The quality control process at the plant was very poor & often resulted in production errors & the creating of bad rubber, which was not made in accordance with General Tire's specifications. The plant operations were driven entirely by production numbers. The company, & in particular the plant managers, pushed the workers so hard to produce excessive numbers of tires that things simply could not be done right all the time." -- Jeff Mullins, former Continental General employee
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This cant be good for business :thumpdown:
 
you do realize that this recall was in 2000 and it was a recall for "normal" tires...nothing in comparison to UHP's...the tires that were recalled came stock on navigators and such.

Continental General Tire plans to announce a recall today of the 16-inch tire that was standard equipment on the 1998 and 1999 model year Lincoln Navigator
 
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wheredwhogo? said:
you do realize that this recall was in 2000 and it was a recall for "normal" tires...nothing in comparison to UHP's...the tires that were recalled came stock on navigators and such.

Continental General Tire plans to announce a recall today of the 16-inch tire that was standard equipment on the 1998 and 1999 model year Lincoln Navigator
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and in a couple years they will be recalling your tires...

I typed "General tire recall" into yahoo...4,270,000 hits...
 
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