The vw I am buying has some almost new nexen tires....they ok?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Tire Rack web site does some good comparisons, and ratings. They also have question a pro online.

I looked at tire rack already and there are no reviews there.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Nexen made in S. Korea, and China. The China part would scare me.

I think Wallmart is the prime retailer of this brand. Well at least up here In Canada.

Some comments:
Tire Reviews: Nexen

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

they wear fast but alright for a couple of years.

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They are decent, low cost tires. They have always been safe and perfectly adequate for normal daily driving. If the manuf. date on sidewall is newish, you are golden.

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My 1987 300TD wagon was sold and my 2003 W210 E320 wagon was totaled (sheds tear).

Thanks all for your comments. I'll prolly sell them off for whatever I can get for them and install Michelins.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I am not going to look it up but reliability of that brand may be dependent somewhat of the tire profile. I do not know if there were really troubles or not overall. I do have a set on one car but only have about a thousand miles on them. They are not a low profile type though.

Wallmart sold a pile of them over the years. I though when Wallmart stopped selling the brand in Canada at the time. That they were just substituting a Chinese tire that they could buy cheaper to provide a greater profit margin as well.

Now I have to wonder if there may have been other reasons as well. It seems pretty obvious that any even normal warranties where avoided. At least to many posters of the brands complaints site . It did surprise me that Hyundia and Kia were using that brand of tire.


It would be interesting if they still where. I think it is wise if your tire size is low profile to take them off and sell them. Some cars just do not do well if not almost all in certain tire blow out situations.

Oddly enough our old 123s were engineered to do better. Not all but probably the majority of cars come new with poorer at least service life wise tires.

Two thoughts did occur to me though thanks to your thread. These cars perhaps like many are tire sensitive to a degree. The volkswagon site may provide what owners have found to be the best options for them.

Another thought was that I was well aware that tires sitting around is not good for them. This made me think that if oxygen fed the aging process.

We might put our tires that are off the cars into plastic trash bags and seal them up. I do not think it would hurt. It could even help if it denies a constant fresh oxygen supply. A clue to this is chemical action slows greatly at reduced temperatures. This makes sense. Especially when I think I remember suggestions of keeping tires in a cool location when in storage. Seventy degrees F is the generally accepted tipping point where chemical activity becomes much higher.

I think plastic trash bags because the plastic is thicker. All sheet plastics do have a porosity rate even if it is very small. Plus you do not put holes In the plastic when handleing them. The lack of or reduced availability of oxygen reduces the rate of deterioration of many chemical based processes.

For the few that perhaps that dislike the cost of the tougher plastic bags. A mattress and many other things come in a heavy duty plastic bag. Yours perhaps for the asking at a mattress store.

Just to verify that Nexus is not the only brand with perhaps issues. There are certain brands I would not touch in low profile types. For whatever reason I think they are too weak in the sidewalls. The emergence of the low tire pressure indicators on cars perhaps was driven by the need to keep low profile tires well inflated. Sidewall stiffness is a ride killer. Almost all the issues it can present may be left to the active components of the suspension system to deal with. History will repeat itself though if even lower profile tires are developed. We could then work our way back to solid rubber tires.

I have nexens on my rx8. They're cheap. They do wear quickly and offer subpar grip in cold rain (are ok in summer temps). I've got about 8k on the pair and have approximately 80% tread wear left. I anticipate them dry rotting and cracking before the tread is worn down. But for the price, it's not bad. They ride better and grip better than the run flats I had on the BMW.

They'll serve as the rallyx tires this year.


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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Provided it is a hot dry track that day in I guess, in rallyX

Better if not actually, gets the rear to rotate better with a bit of slippery stuff.


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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

That must be when spinin is winnin.