I read it as a longevity vs price thing. Maybe he can clarify.

I just bought an early 2000’s Camry I4 for $2000. It had a set of brand new Michelins on it. They were probably equal to 25% of the purchase price of the entire car. People spend $120-140 per tire When they can get adequate performance for $50. It really makes no sense. Same goes for uber expensive oils.

I have a couple of cars for cheap airport transportation when i go away for work in addition to the nicer stuff.

Diesel benz gets wear items that commensurate with its mission

The Metris Gets synthetic because it needs it.
The Guzzi Gets proper Ester based lubrications and Michelin pilot 4’s because it needs it.
The P-Navajo gets DINO because it needs it