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General Sport Trac Discussion
re U-Haul !!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Rogers" data-source="post: 958751" data-attributes="member: 60724"><p>Again, system dynamics at play regarding Ford/Firestone...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A system in which a manufacturer puts out large, hundreds of thousand to million of unit bids to suppliers of parts is bound to result in said manufacturer shipping products to consumers that are of a quality that is not as desired.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In the Firestone case there was tread seperation. In the Goodyear case there has been excessive, early wear.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The reality is that the system incents lower cost over higher quality. That's simply the reality of it. Ford and other manufacturers through their pricing models are getting OEM tires that don't even come close in quality, wear life, etc, to other tires often of the same brand and by the same manufacturer when purchased as replacement.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I firmly believe that there is lesser quality, different (cheaper formula), whatever, in the tires that are sold in huge lots and get placed on vehicles in the factory than the supposed same tire you buy from Tirerack.com, etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>TJR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Rogers, post: 958751, member: 60724"] Again, system dynamics at play regarding Ford/Firestone... A system in which a manufacturer puts out large, hundreds of thousand to million of unit bids to suppliers of parts is bound to result in said manufacturer shipping products to consumers that are of a quality that is not as desired. In the Firestone case there was tread seperation. In the Goodyear case there has been excessive, early wear. The reality is that the system incents lower cost over higher quality. That's simply the reality of it. Ford and other manufacturers through their pricing models are getting OEM tires that don't even come close in quality, wear life, etc, to other tires often of the same brand and by the same manufacturer when purchased as replacement. I firmly believe that there is lesser quality, different (cheaper formula), whatever, in the tires that are sold in huge lots and get placed on vehicles in the factory than the supposed same tire you buy from Tirerack.com, etc. TJR [/QUOTE]
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