Mazda Miata: Advice on new tites for Mazda Protege?

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:03:32 -0500, in rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata,
net wrote:
 

No. There is no general Mazda newsgroup created by the rules of the
big-8 (of which rec is one of the hierarchies). If your news server
shows one, it is wrong.

HTH,
Jim

>No. There is no general Mazda newsgroup created by the rules of the 

Hmmm..... strange!

Why do you think ther is no general Mazda group?

Surely there have been tons of other Mazda models sold
besides the Miata?

On 2004-06-07, net <net> wrote:
 

Because owners of Mazda models other RX-7 and MX-5 aren't
"enthusiasts". IOW, they don't like to yammer on endlessly
about their cars the way we do. To them, they might just as
well be driving a civic or tercel or whatever as a Mazda. So
the Miata/MX-5 crowd is here, the RX-7 crowd is in
rec.autos.rotary.
 

Sure, but newsgroups aren't created based on number of units
sold.

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Forgive me for getting off topic here, but for the Protégé, I'd go for the
cheap ones. Put some cheap ones on the '97 my daughters drive last year and
they are doing just fine. For the Miata, I pay a bit more attention. For the
"transportation" cars, go for "cheap".

Ken

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Boy, that's just really, *really* awful advice.
 

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>Boy, that's just really, *really* awful advice.

Please explain OK?

net wrote: 

Well, for starters, the previous poster is saying it makes sense to put
high-quality tires on a Miata, but to put cheap, i.e. low-quality tires on,
say, one's daughter's car or a commuter car. There's really nothing else to
explain; it's just plain ignorant to assume that because you're not going to
be hot-lapping a Honda Civic sedan, you shouldn't put quality tires on it.

Get a set of quality all-season tires with a brand name. Don't get the house
brand or the weekly $25 special. The people that buy these and claim that
they're fine tires are people that have never owned fine tires.

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To bring my comment full circle:

The cheap tires usually get at least 30+K miles before they get changed out.
My point is that people fall in love with outrageous claims which, in
essence, convince (coerce?) them to buy "performance" tires for cars that,
if they could care, would care less. Also, tire prices are very competitive
so this week's "cheap" tire may not have been so last week.

Not too many years ago there was some sort of difference between tires.
Factory tires (which cost the car manufacturer about $2 ea) lasted about
five thousand miles and whatever you could get as reasonably priced
replacements were better, but not much. Modern tires, properly balanced and
on a car that is in alignment, are all pretty much the same, regardless of
the DOT ratings and what they do or do not mean. There just isn't a
measurable difference that you or I can determine.

So go for cheap and enjoy the ride.

Ken


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