Here is an informative post from one of our members, barracuda, on Oct. 1, 2025:
Hi there, I am a tire dealer that sells all major brands of Good year, which owns Cooper and kelly and Dunlop and others , Firestones, Michelin, which owns BFG , Uniroyal and all these brands have replacement tires of lesser grade, it really depends on what your budget is. I, personally, run on my drivers Michelin, and BFG, Goodyear and they have a brand new tire out that's super sticky tire. It's not a high mileage tire being sticky as you know. This BFG is called g-Force Phenom T/A . BFgoodrich invited tire dealers to the track and drive and test these tires and other brands as well.
The major brand OE tires run a little wider than the replacement tires like Kelly, Cooper, and other replacement "cheaper tires" will not handle as well as the major brand tires but the replacement tires are priced a lot cheaper though.
I run only summer tires on my Challenger. And, understand, I sell them all and sold all of these major brands for over 40 plus years and in no way plugging any of these manufactures, this is my opinion only. That's why I sell different brands to meet the customer demands. I make the same mark-up on a cheap tire as I do a major brand tire, so it does not bother me to sell what a customer wants . I would go with a summer tire other than a A/S if you are using the car for only the summer.
