Anyone give me a direct comparison between Coopers and Michellins?

[jsimpson]

I've run Michellins on cars; hard ride but excellent tire. I've run Coopers on cars; better ride, would not wear out. 80,000 miles before they started rotting. But I've never run either one on a truck!

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[Power Wagon]

Here in the Northwest, Les Schwab tire centers (there's a BUNCH of them) sell Dean tires (which are Cooper tires under another name) by the gazillion. If you go to Schwab's and then look at the Cooper lineup, you can see that a number of the tires are the same. I have only used two different Dean tires, and I can't say that I was all that impressed with them. However, both were the cheapest tires I could get, and the truck tires proved to have very little life, as far as miles went. But, they withstood crashing through the mountains and over rocks and gravel when loaded with nary a puncture or tear.

I've talked to some customers about them, and they seemed to think the Michelins were better tires. However, there's a place on the internet where you can buy Coopers for dirt cheap. Does 2 sets of coopers = 1 set of Michelins? Don't know, but that's the price advantage.

Check out www.costire.com

 

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