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Old 08-06-2018, 04:47 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by CapriRacer View Post
The problem isn't the test.

Among the problems was the amount of available testing facilities. The tire manufacturers said that if they tested 24/7 - and nothing else - it would take 3 years. Some said they couldn't accomplish the task unless they sacrificed some R&D testing. Some said that by the time they completed the first round of testing, there would be new models to test and they would never catch up.
This is why I would like this to be a voluntary standard test. For the average cheap tire who cares? I don't want to pay extra to know that it might return + or - .25 mpg compared to something else. But I'f a few companies want to produce specific higher end LRR tires then they can do the test against a standard as a marketing tool.
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