Mike Melton, a tire specialist with 37 years in the business, says price doesn't determine tire quality. Instead, evaluate wet-traction, ride quality, longevity, and whether the tire matches your driving conditions. Some cheap tires work fine for family cars; others are dangerous for any vehicle.
That damn cheap tire might cost you $200, but you know, here's not what nobody's going to tell you. Now, if you get a cheap tire, that don't automatically mean that that tire ain't no good, it's junk. And just because you got an expensive tire like Michelin, Nitto, anything like that, that don't mean it's a good tire either. I'm Mike Melton with Speedy Tire in Lincolnton, North Carolina. Now, I've been doing tires for 37 years. I started doing tires when I was 8 years old at my daddy's used tire shop. Using an old raggedy tire machine and a damn bubble balancer. Now here's a couple things that I care about with tires. Number one is wet traction. How good that thing gonna stop in the rain for me? Because when I put them on my family's car, I want the absolute safest on there. Another thing I look at, how's the tire gonna ride? Now how a tire is gonna ride depending on what type of tire you put on your car. How long is the tire gonna last me? Well, that all depends if I'm in highway driving or all in town driving. Lot— there's a lot of variables in there. Now there is some cheap tires on there that I would personally put on my family's car, but there are some you couldn't even pay me to put on nobody's car. Quit buying off price and actually buy what you need out of the tire. So if you want something that's going to ride good, buy something that's going to ride good. Buy something that's going to last you. Buy something that's going to give you good traction. Buy something that's going to look a certain way. Buy what you like. Don't just go by what the damn counter guys want you to buy.
