Hello tyre experts, I think I've settled on the above tyres for the Pajero - noting over half the serious 4wd's at the Rosehill
Caravan and 4wd show had them on. Coopers came 2nd and daylight third.
Anyhow I got
a price of $300 per tyre in an inner
Sydney city tyre place. I then asked
a local tyre dealer who said he couldn't match it and then went on to say the $300 deal was probably from "parallel
importing". What the heck is that ?
He said this meant that the dealer would get them from anywhere in the world and said the tyre could come from Britain and that it would be of different compounds to that which comes directly to Australia.
He was basically saying that Goodrich put out differently made tyres depending on where they were to be used eg the cold of Europe would require
a softer or harder compound ( can't remember which was which) than Aussie ATR's which would be made from
a diffrerent compound.
I remember somewhere in the
forum someone saying they knew of
a few ATR's blowing out sidewalls. Equally tho' there was
a heated response defending the tyre.
I'm wondering if this parallel
importing is possibly true and if so, could consumers be buying cheaper Goodrich tyres not best suited to Oz conditions ?
The local also said the serial number on the tyre might tell where the tyre was meant for so if it blows up in Oz and it was imported from ie Britain, the warranty is defunct ?
Or is the local bloke making up the whole thing to scare me into buying his $320 tyre. If there's anyone out their from Goodrich, I'd like you to make comment and everyone else is welcome to throw their two bob's worth in also. Thanks Greg