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[occupant]

In late 2007, a recall was issued for 215/70R14 tires by Goodyear and many of its other brands, including the NWHY DOT coded Douglas Xtra-Tracs on my Torino.  Since at the time, this car was sitting in a pawn shop lot awaiting pickup or resale, no one knew.  I bought the car, it's always been wobbly, I just choose to drive at a speed below the wobble at 58-60mph.  No problem.  But evidently this is a recalled tire from a voluntary recall campaign over tread separation when installed on heavier vehicles like Aerostars and, well, big sedans like my Torino.  So did you know that if the campaign is voluntary and not required by the government, that it can expire like a can of tuna?  This recall is expired.  So I'm rolling on time bombs because Goodyear took the easy way out.  400,000 tires and they probably didn't even have to exchange HALF of them.

I say screw it, I'm putting 16" Crown Vic steelies on.  Got one already, got my center caps and collared lugs, now I gotta go pull 3 more tires/wheels and pick up a set of trim rings.  Problem being, the tires on these CVPI wheels are typically Eagle RS-A's.  Fail.

I need some Yokohama AVID's!

[270SE]

Sucks. I have Winstons and Invaders.

[Charger440RT]

I hate Goodyear, they just plain suck. The only tire I buy now are BF Goodrich. I really like them. If I were going to buy some really good tires and not care about the price I'd buy Michelins, but I don't really need them for any of my appilcations. Maybe if I bought a new Challenger...

[Ice Cold]

BF Goodrich Radial T/A's in a 60 series have always been good for me. I have sets on the F/A and coupe and I'm working on a $ deal for another set for my Medallion. Dunlops in a 205/75/15 have never done me wrong either. Never will buy a Uniroyal or Motomaster brand.

[Mike]

Worst tires we've ever had were michelins. Overpriced junk. General tires are just as bad. Last set were so growly that's the only noise you could hear in the whole car. The best tires Ive ever had were Tiger Paws.

[DobaMark]

The problem is this wasn't a recall.  If it was a recall, there would likely be no time limit on it and it would be enforced by the federal government.  Instead Goodyear voluntarily swapped out some times for free.  I can understand there being a time limit on this goodwill exchange because most of the tires in the program are now 5 or more years old and due for replacement anyway sinply because of their age..

That said, I run Goodyears on my vehicles.  Like most other brands Goodyear has some cheap tires that suck and some very nice premium tires.  The reason I swapped to Goodyears was more because of the local dealer than anything else.  After a really bad experience with NTB, I went to the local Goodyear dealer for an alignment.  Of course, I know NTB's alignment had ruined the tires.  The guy at Goodyear gave me an estimate and I mentioned the price for the same tires on TireRack.com.  He then discounted the tires so they were actually cheaper than TireRack's price plus shipping.

[Ice Cold]

I posted a Kijiji wanted ad and just picked up a very nice pair of 235/60/15 BF Goodrich Radial T/A's for less than the tax would be on a pair.

[moparmuscle88]

have had coopers and they were OK, but they really smoked more than other tires when doing burnouts

also have had BFG radial TA's  on the fifth and 2 trucks and they were very nice

[86reliant]

I like Goodyears, but you have to be wary of when they were made, and WHERE they were made.

This winter, I got a set of Goodyear snow tires for the Cavalier. I'm running non-studded Nordics in the back and studded Ice Grips (I think that's the name; I'll have to doublecheck) up front. Turns out, they were all made in Canada, and I have to say they performed very, very well.

Now Goodyears sold in Walmart are all made in China, without an exception that I've been able to see. I'd stay away from those.

[occupant]

Contrary to that, these Douglas tires in question were made in South Africa.  Go figure.

[mopar 318]

Does anybody know if Dunlop is still producing their Gt qualifiers anymore, I can't seem to find any. I have two for the front and am now looking for some 255 60r15 for rear.

[MarkM]

I'm running BFG Radial T/A tires on the F150 and the 5A.  Great tires overall.  Went with Michelin Destinies on the Caliber and have liked those so far.

[MrPhotographer06]

I've always run firestones on the dip. the set that was on it when i got it were firestones, and i replaced them with firestones and never had a problem with the tire itself.
The GP was bought with a set of BFG's on it which were some sport tire tread and were decent, but tread was half gone.
We replaced them with Nexen N5000's which are awesome budget tires, and my uncle's run them on his last 4 cars. He just put about 60K on a set. I like them, and so do all his co-workers.
I do have to put in a good word for continental tire, which have always done good for the rest of the family. We must have good luck with tires....

[Patrick]

I refuse to buy any vehicle with Goodyears and don't buy them as replacement tires. They screwed me on tire warrant over 30 years ago and anytime I can cost them a sale I do. Crappy factory oem tires that had belt separation at 10,000 miles and they said because I was 18 I must have been hot rodding the vehicle (1979 Chevy C10 with a 6 Cylinder that I kept looking new). I actually got more than I paid for it when I traded it 2 1/2 years later.