Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:00:39 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2021-03-21 9:08 a.m., John Kuthe wrote:
>>> On Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 11:33:41 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
>>>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>> I'm, I''m getting a set of 4 new Michelins for $2000 and an alignment for $150 to.
>>>>> You can get cheaper but cheaper is cheaper!
>>>>>
>>>>> John Kuthe
>>>> You got ripped off again! You can get the same for half the price if
>>>> you aren't a moron!
>>>
>>> I meant for $1000, I mistyped!
>>>
>>> No I am NOT getting ripped off.
>> That's still way too much for tires for a Leaf.
> Michelins are expensive regardless of size. However they perform very
> well and give more than twice the mileage of other tires. My wife put
> Michelins on her Toyota CJ and they got 110,000 miles and will be
> getting another set shortly. The original factory installed tires
> didn't get 30,000.
> My 1965 Triumph TR4 came in with Michelins and the dealer said they
> would add $500 to the price of the car. At the time I didn't know
> about Michelin tires, never heard of them. At that time the Triumph
> cost under $3,000 so I slept on it and the next morning I told the
> dealer I'll pay for the Michelins. At that time no one knew what a
> steel belted radial was. I drove that car hard for five years and
> those tires were still in great shape when I sold it with nearly
> 150,000 miles on those Michelins.
> https://tires.tirerack.com/tires/Michelin%20X%20Radial
>

Not their Pilots.Â* They are OEM on my car but I went with Pirelli Zeros
for 2/3'rds the price and a much longer tread wear.