LRR tires meet the same federal standards for treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance as regular tires.
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Originally Posted by Pendragon
all low rolling resistance tires have made compromises which have made the tire's performance in braking and wet weather traction less than many of the tires which are not marketed as low rolling resistance.
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That's the statement I'm addressing. That's an over generalization which gives the impression that all LRR tires are crap. If you had put
'some' in there I'd be cool with it.
I absolutely agree with you that tire purchases require some thought and study to wade through the hype. Sadly very few people bother.
As for the "Energy Saver":
From Autoblog Green:
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According to Consumer Reports, both the Michelin Energy Saver A/S and Cooper GFE served as good all-purpose tires, but the Michelin Man came out swinging with superior performance in rolling resistance along with wet and dry braking. In fact, so good was the performance of the Energy Savers that they would slot in at number two on CR's chart of all comparable tires regardless of their rolling resistance rating.
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Sorry about the thread jacking... Back to the tail...
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