Half ass tires?

Since when are General Altimax Arctic tires half assed?

For the price I paid for my 205/55/16, I cannot justify spending an extra 300 bucks for a set of winters such as the michelin x-ice2's that I'll end up only using for three months.
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Theyre the same company. Each one stocks slightly different tires though. Both will ship to Hagens. I shipped my Direzza DZ101s there last week. $304 landed :)

I'm on nokian hakkapeliitta R, I guess those are half ass tires since they're made in finland.

:fulloffuck:

You are one cheap mother fucker.
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Depends do you have typeR sticker on your car when u dont own a type r?

+1, Altimax Arctic are legit. Tread-wise They are copies of the very good Gislaved Nordfrost 3.

Legit, yet they copy other brands... hmm.... is it a company from china? like how they copied KFC and calls it OFC, UFC and UFO?

:suspicious: :notsureifsrs:

Continental owns both General and Gislaved... the Gislaved NordFrost 3 design is just being used in the Altimax Arctic. Gislaved carries the NordFrost 5 now.

As said above, they are both owned by Continental so the 'copy' is legitimate. General Tire itself is an American company. The Altimax Arctic are made in China, I believe. May or may not use a different rubber compound than the original NordFrost 3 but tread pattern is the same.

I know Hankook is a Korean company, but is their Ipike w409's a copy as well?

BTW, weather report says it will be close to 1 C the next few nights. Guess it is time I should put my winter tires on.

My set that I bought two years ago were made in Germany :woot:

^ hmm, mine are 2 years old as well, didn't check where they're made, I just assumed China coz they were relatively inexpensive. They could very well all be made in Germany.

im using altimax arctic's too, very good winter tire

who the hell cares if its a copy or not, as long as it does it job

Definitely recommend the Altimax Arctics... had them on my TL.. .was unstoppable... read the reviews.. i'd say 99% are positive.

but now...will be rocking these on the RDX SH-AWD:
(blizzak DM-V1)

but damn..do i even need winter tires on my AWD? lol...(spoken like a true over-confident all wheel drive owner)


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Well in this case "copies" isn't meant to be a bad thing. Sort of like how Formula 1 technology eventually filters down to consumer road cars, the parent company Continental simply gave General Tire the technology from Gislaved when they discontinued the NordFrost 3. Still a great tire, just more affordable and easily found.

I bought mines last year and it was made in Germany.

are they now made in china/

I am not sure, maybe I misremembered and they never were/are made in China to begin with.

anyone have the firestone winterforce tires? there like under a hundred dollars at tirerack

What size?

4 wheel drive aint gonna stop/go for shit if all 4 tires dont have grip

90 dollars for 16"

my snow tires are on. fucking cold outside!!

Really? I was very warm in the sun changing over my tires this afternoon in jeans and a t-shirt. This is in Richmond.
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Changed to snows today with my dad, weathers like 0 - 5 in the morning now... freakin cooold