Bad luck or bad tires?

Speedfreak · Jun 7, 2022

MGMDesertTaco said: ↑

I'm going Toyo AT3 for my next set. I test drove a new tacoma awhile back (cheap spacer lift and 285s) and the tires were very smooth and quiet.

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5000 kms on my 265/70R17 SL Toyo AT3's. I am happy with them... they are great in rain (we have had a lot the last couple months) reasonably quiet on the road, handle high speeds with confidence and so far are wearing very well. I am happy with mine so far.

zoo truck · Jun 8, 2022

smb41 said: ↑

Man tell me you are just kidding. Most likely they picked crapyear because they got a better wholesale deal on them. Toyota is in the business of making money and whatever gives them bigger profit, they will use. Difference between toyota and let's say GM, toyota is more reasonable in their approach to making bucks. One example, tacos used to have a strap attached to the back seat to fold it. 2020 and on tacos lost it .there is still a screw hole where that strap used to be, but no strap and no screw attached. MAy be savings of let say $1 per truck. Multiply that by 300k vehicles and savings add up.
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Toyota also has its engineers test many different tires for a specific vehicle to find which ones are best in average conditions that gives best performance, and fuel economy. Granted not everyone drives on the same roads, carries, or tows the same loads, so different tires with different tire pressures are going to work better for them, but may not for others.

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