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08-03-2007, 11:22 AM

I know we have group of TM owners who are currently road testing a number different tires under the counsel of Bobby (aka WMTire). Bobby, by the way, has to be the sharpest tire guy in the country (even though his Louisiana"food" choices are questionable), and he's done a lot for this forum. I'd sure like to see us support him and his business if possible. I hope I haven't violated any forum policy in saying this.
But I believe that the tire test group is quite small and I was wondering if we'd really be able to draw any conclusions about tire reliability from such a small study. So --- what do you think would happen if we asked for many more volunteers (however many necessary to provide really good test groups) to line up behind Bobby's top two or three picks? There are thousands of folks who participate in this forum and many would be interested in making such a contribution. Even though my Canadian Marathons have less than 5k miles --- I would probably be a willing participant (don't tell my wife though). We'd need a way to track all the volunteers and monitor their experiences. Could this be done through the forum and would it be worth the effort ? Maybe a thread could be established for each tire brand and our monitors could be sure that only research participants could post to these sites ? What do you kids think ?

08-03-2007, 11:22 AM	#1
Goodyear Travels Guest Posts: n/a	Tire Research ? I know we have group of TM owners who are currently road testing a number different tires under the counsel of Bobby (aka WMTire). Bobby, by the way, has to be the sharpest tire guy in the country (even though his Louisiana"food" choices are questionable), and he's done a lot for this forum. I'd sure like to see us support him and his business if possible. I hope I haven't violated any forum policy in saying this. But I believe that the tire test group is quite small and I was wondering if we'd really be able to draw any conclusions about tire reliability from such a small study. So --- what do you think would happen if we asked for many more volunteers (however many necessary to provide really good test groups) to line up behind Bobby's top two or three picks? There are thousands of folks who participate in this forum and many would be interested in making such a contribution. Even though my Canadian Marathons have less than 5k miles --- I would probably be a willing participant (don't tell my wife though). We'd need a way to track all the volunteers and monitor their experiences. Could this be done through the forum and would it be worth the effort ? Maybe a thread could be established for each tire brand and our monitors could be sure that only research participants could post to these sites ? What do you kids think ?