Mastercraft Tires: What do you guys think?

[truckdriver402]

I have Mastercraft tires on my Vibe now, which came with it when I bought it. All I know is that it's a division of Cooper Tire and they're affordable. When I got my car inspected, the mechanic said he was impressed at how even the wear was. Now that they're getting close to the replacing time, I thought I'd ask if you guys have tried Mastercraft tires. Thanks!

[Sublimewind]

I've never had'em, but if they work for you, why change? On a different note, it sucks about your son, I hope all works out for you on that, my little brother is going through similar... keep ya head up.Edit: on the below note, i am a firm believer in using summer and winter (take-off) tires... Both are safer overall in each season. All-seasons (no-season i like to call them) are a compromise between decent summer traction and so-so winter traction, not doing either very well... It is more expensive to run summer/winter but it's cheap insurance considering the downfalls of no-season tires. I also have steel wheels for my winter tires and use my summers on my stock wheels. I can change over in the driveway in under 30min if need be there... Good summer tires are marginally more expensive (if you do some shopping) and can deliver dramatic differences in both handling and traction.

[tnpartsguy]

Be careful with any Subline tire. My Bridgestone/Firestone rep told me that they are dropping ALL their sublines as of July, to concentrate on the main line tire business. With oil prices skyrocketing, tires ARE going to follow, and they are looking to make every $$ they can.

[ColonelPanic]

I had some Mastercraft Avenger G/T's on my Corsica back when I was in college a bunch of years back. Those were great tires! Sticky, rode good, not a lot of noise. I killed one by running off the road, tore up the sidewall. And the shop I bought them from didn't offer road hazard warranties on those, so I was stuck buying another one. Oh well... For cheap tires, they weren't bad. Kumhos are another decent tire for cheap, I have nothing but good things to say about mine.

[Whelan]

Quote, originally posted by 13Vibe03 »did a great job putting the extra ~100 HP at the wheels (turbo) Im curious as to how you pulled another 100HP out of an Escort GT with just a Turbo. Typical turbos can net 25-70hp depending on a number of factors, turbo size being one of them. Seems it would take a fairly large turbo to do that which would be lag. Not hatin, just really wanna know how you got this and what you did to make it happen other than just the turbo

[Sublimewind]

That's easy, just crank the boost control...