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In Britain, when you take your
car in to have new tires fitted, do you buy a brand name or do you
buy a budget tire? What is the difference? To the average motorist,
a budget tire might sound like an inferior product that does not
have the same quality specification or endurance as that of a branded
tire, tires made by famous manufacturers with long-standing histories.
Either way, it will depend upon how much you are
prepared to pay, or your personal preference from past experience.
Nearly all the tires available today in the average tire fitting
bays are imported. That may not be such an issue because some brands
are, by their very name, of European or Japanese origin, and therefore
accepted as part of what they are; high quality, foreign, branded
tires. However the same cannot be said for the budget tire. Whilst
some of these brands originate from Europe, a vast majority come
in from the Eastern-Bloc, China and the Far East. |
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Are tires imported from, say,
China of inferior quality to those manufactured in Europe? No, not
necessarily. If, like me, your perception were that branded tires
were made in their original factories and that Budgets were just
that, then you would be mistaken. I recently went to have a tire
fitted on my car and the retailer was very kind enough to show me
their tire stock room. I was amazed to find my favourite branded
tires that I thought would have been made in Italy, instead stamped
with 'Made In China'. I was doubly shocked to learn that you can
buy two identical tires by the same manufacturer, to the same engineering
specification, but have different country of origins.
One set I looked at found one was made in Spain,
while its twin was made in China both under the same brand name.
This again is hardly surprising with many global companies today
multi-sourcing or setting up manufacturing cells around the World.
The retailer also went on to explain that, to some drivers, simply
getting the same tire specification and tread for each wheel, is
not good enough. According to the retailer, since it has been seen
that branded tires can have different origins, |
it is not uncommon for drivers
to insist that their chosen brand be not only from the same country
but also carry the same date stamp and batch number. All this detail
is readily available to those wishing to look for it, albeit in
very small text on the wall of the tire. All you have to do is ask.
It is a fact that many tire retailers would have
to search their stocks to ensure that tires can be matched in this
way, or order them in specially. For the rest of us, whether buying
a budget tire, or a branded tire we may be content on simply having
the same tread all round, irrespective of where the tire came from.
Import
from china
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Keith_E_Blakesley
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