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In article <42602293.C7525038@socal.rr.com>,
TomP <roadcyc@socal.rr.com> wrote:
> How do you separate the characteristics of tires from that of the vehicle? In
>other words, how can you compare an EXplorer with Michelin's to a Pilot with
>GoodYears? They are two different, completely different vehicles... Help me to
>understand how you come to your conclusions about the GoodYear tires.

The Explorer did pretty much the same thing with the OEM Firestone
tires. When I put the Michelin tires on it, the wandering and poor
handling went away. Yes, I'm assuming the Pilot would improve with
something else. But if you read the comments from people on
http://www.hondapilot.org/ about tires, their handling improved
markedly when they replace the Integrity tires with something else.


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Mike Iglesias wrote:

> In article <42602293.C7525038@socal.rr.com>,
> TomP <roadcyc@socal.rr.com> wrote:
> > How do you separate the characteristics of tires from that of the vehicle? In
> >other words, how can you compare an EXplorer with Michelin's to a Pilot with
> >GoodYears? They are two different, completely different vehicles... Help me to
> >understand how you come to your conclusions about the GoodYear tires.
>
> The Explorer did pretty much the same thing with the OEM Firestone
> tires. When I put the Michelin tires on it, the wandering and poor
> handling went away. Yes, I'm assuming the Pilot would improve with
> something else. But if you read the comments from people on
> http://www.hondapilot.org/ about tires, their handling improved
> markedly when they replace the Integrity tires with something else.
>
> --
> Mike Iglesias Email: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu
> University of California, Irvine phone: 949-824-6926
> Network & Academic Computing Services FAX: 949-824-2069

Comments from vehicle owners are just that, comments/opinions. My problem with
that, is it's, subjective. I'd like to see some, verifiable, facts to go along with
the opinions.

Maybe you can take your Pilot out to the Streets of Willow. Take some hot laps and
record the lap times before and after you install other tires. Then you would know for
sure just how crappy the GoodYear tires are.











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