California drivers want to save money and want to reduce harmful emissions, so I think Californians will be very pleased by having higher-quality tires on the market,” said Bill Magavern, the policy director for the Coalition for Clean Air
This guy is huffing everything but clean air. What a joke. His “savings” is roughly $0.003/mile.
First of all, an OEM tire for my car is $260/per, while a highly rated Yokohama was $125. Bill can blow “Saving money” straight out his windy ass.
Second, proper alignment has significantly more effect on savings than rolling resistance.
Third, when my parents bought their first hybrid in 2004, the first thing they changed was larger tires because that sucker floated like mad at freeway speeds. It was scary when a large truck passed and blew the car around in the lane. Stopping distance improved too. Safety was worth the hit of 3 MPG.
Some of us take tires seriously. We carefully choose based on location, use, performance, and price. All this does is ban safe options and reduce competition.
Edit: my post wasn’t supposed to sound mean as it did. :)
So basically every single all-season tire or summer tire for economy vehicles is not exempted. Awesome! /s
Everyone who drives an SUV or sedan and wants to buy better tires will need to get tires like the OE.
But what do I know, I’ve only worked in the tire industry for the last 10 years.
This guy is huffing everything but clean air. What a joke. His “savings” is roughly $0.003/mile.
First of all, an OEM tire for my car is $260/per, while a highly rated Yokohama was $125. Bill can blow “Saving money” straight out his windy ass.
Second, proper alignment has significantly more effect on savings than rolling resistance.
Third, when my parents bought their first hybrid in 2004, the first thing they changed was larger tires because that sucker floated like mad at freeway speeds. It was scary when a large truck passed and blew the car around in the lane. Stopping distance improved too. Safety was worth the hit of 3 MPG.
Some of us take tires seriously. We carefully choose based on location, use, performance, and price. All this does is ban safe options and reduce competition.
Edit: my post wasn’t supposed to sound mean as it did. :)
This guy tires.
There’s a lot of exemptions. You’ll be able to get the tire you want. This is simply for replacement tires
“Replacement” just means “not OE”
So this would absolutely affect options.
Here is the list of exemptions. If you can’t find an exemption then you don’t care about what tire you’re buying.
The point of this program is to target the people that don’t care and make sure they get a tire that is just as energy efficient as OE.
So basically every single all-season tire or summer tire for economy vehicles is not exempted. Awesome! /s
Everyone who drives an SUV or sedan and wants to buy better tires will need to get tires like the OE.
But what do I know, I’ve only worked in the tire industry for the last 10 years.