Originally Posted by
Mark
There lies the deception. A 165/65r14 Falken Sincera SN250A A/S is a 320BB tire with no warranty. What you share doesn't exist. They have the 320BB rating correct, but the tire name & warranty are wrong!
I challenge you to find it on the Falken Tire website. They don't list any 165 wide tires on their website, but yet this cheaper tire exists in our market for the Mirage.
Discount Tire Direct was pawning off the inferior tire as being the same tire at one time. So I asked them to prove it to me. After a few requests, they pulled the tire off their website. Tire Rack lists the 165/65r14 Falken correctly. It's a 320BB tire with no warranty. Why buy that tire when you can buy a 640AA/75,000 mile warranty Kumho tire for less money?
A 175/65r14 Falken Sincera SN250 A/S has a 720AB rating & 80,000 mile warranty.
SN250 & SN250A are not the same tire apparently. It's a big difference in my mind at least.
I suspect 250 and 250a ARE the same tire (compound, pattern, thickness, weight), but one is sold on the open market, at market prices. The other was a bulk purchase by the factory, at near cost prices, so they asked for it to be identified differently, so that the tire company is not responsible for warranty. If car manufacturer decides to warranty it, then you get it from them
Edit: note the key words "I suspect" - this is strictly my guess
Last edited by BigMW; 04-19-2024 at 01:49 AM.
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