[Old_Mil]

“There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey.”

-John Ruskin

[brownsfan]

brownsfan: “In spite of what some freepers post, when it comes to commerce, there are things that are just plain wrong.”

Old_Mil: “There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man’s lawful prey.”

-John Ruskin

Wow, right on time. Thanks for reinforcing my point.

[Neidermeyer]

In its lawsuit, filed after FTS itself was sued in the wake of the fatal accident, the company accuses the tire maker of removing the safety feature — a 0.6-millimeter layer of rubber, known as a “gum strip,” which is added between the steel belts to give the tires added durability — without notifying the distributor.
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So they build tires with steel belts riding directly on other steel belts with no rubber strip in between... I can’t see how that could lead to heat buildup ... /sarc

I would not buy Chinese anytime it came to something I truly had to depend on ... as for tires I can tell you that the popular small motorcycles there all run on 20” tires ,,, the market there demands it ... you see that way the motorcycle taxi operators can install bicycle tires...

BTW Korea manufacturers make fine quality tires..

[Iwo Jima]

W0W! That is a great quote.

Much of what passes for "capitalism" nowadays is just plain wrong and should be illegal in a free country.