Well, with just over 12,000 miles on the odometer, the stock Invictas
are about to give up. I even rotated them, all 4 tires look the same.
Do I win some kind of prize, or are these just really crappy tires? :)
Anyway, I'd like a new set of tires, obviously. My primary
application is street driving. The closest I ever come to going off
road is when I drive across my front lawn. I would like to get a tire
that won't be too hard to handle in the winter though. (With weight
in the bed, of course). I'd like a tire that'll handle the curves
and the wet, and hopefully keep their tread longer than these Invictas.
Oh yeah, and I'd also like a tire as wide as I can (safely) get. I
dunno what it is, but my tires never seem to be wide enough. :)
I've visited the Tire Rack web site (I've bought tires from them
in the past, for another vehicle), but their street truck selection
seems a little limited. I guess things are probably the same all
over though... I looked through the tires and read the specs, but
truck tires are a new phenomenon for me. I'm used to buying fat,
low profile Z rated tires, and these seem to be on the opposite end
of the spectrum. (Although I do like the price savings!) ;) I'd like
a tire that'll be able to handle long durations of about 100mph, and
shorter bursts to wherever the 318's accelleration dies out. I plan to
drive to Oshkosh this summer, and I'm sure not going to poke along at
65. The convention would be over before I got there! ;)
So, whatever advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks very much in advance!
---Jon-
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