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Originally Posted by rmay635703
Until the us government requires an lrr metric and rating you only have a best guess.
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Yes.
The European market requires rolling resistance testing and their ads post a letter indicating relative LRR performance. Unfortunately for us North American drivers, most of the tire model names sold over there are different from what's sold here. AND, if you ARE lucky enough to find a make/model/size sold in EU with good LRR performance, that same model sold here in the US could have different characteristics. Makers are under no obligation to provide the same tire here as over there, even if the name is the same.
To find overseas market tires, I've google searched using "tyre". The UK spelling. That way I get results in English. And yes, shipping tires or tyres from overseas is costly and sometimes cumbersome. I investigated briefly. You need a "Freight Forwarder".