General Grabber tires on brand new 22 Expy

Well, here has been my experiences over the past 15-20 years:

For Pick-ups/Full-sized SUV: Goodyear or Michelin have been the longest lasting, smoothest riding and best value overall
For small Trucks/mid-sized SUV: Continental/BF Goodrich have been the longest lasting, smoothest riding and best value overall
For Sedans or small & mid-sized family cars: Goodyear and Cooper have been the longest lasting, smoothest riding and best value overall...

This is considering normal, everyday general uses, and NOT including off-roading, heavy cargo or trailer hauling, or high-speed travel.....

But my last 6 SUV's (00 Cherokee, 04 Durango, 11 & 17 Acadia, 14 Explorer, and my 11 Expy) all had Goodyear's on them when I bought them, and I stuck with them except for my 04 Durango, which rode smoother & quieter with Michelins...

But in the midst of these, I tried other brands for various reasons like appearance, shop recommendations, tread patterns, price...and ALL of them (Yoko, ****, Daytoon, Contitental, Bridgestoner) all either wore down too quickly, suffered non-repairable sidewall failures, developed slow leaks, or refused to stay balanced...

So guess what I'll be buying for my Expy when the time comes...(in about 20K miles)

ktreem said:

because the vibration was at 75-80, everywhere I went kind of said it was the best they could do and because it was over the speed limit they really couldn’t warranty anything.

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I would find a new place to get tires with that BS. They have no legal grounds to deny a warranty based on anything that isn't explicitly stated in writing within said warranty, let alone something that has absolutely nothing to do with anything.

That aside, we've only had 1 set of Generals in recent years and weren't happy with them. The Mrs had General Altimax on her sedan and they were awesome for the first 30k. After that they behaved like racing slicks despite having plenty of tread depth left. We finally ditched them at about 44k even though they were rated for 60k.