Yes - the stock tires - both in 17's and 18's appear to be POS!!
I had the 17" BFG Rugged Trails and they barely lasted 22k miles. Now have the Nitto's but with only about 1k on em - love them so far. Now we'll se how long they last.
Wife has the 18" conti's on her Armada. With 14k on em they are at the wear bars and ready to be replaced - plus they ride like crap. Will likely go with Michelin Cross Terrain SUV's as they come with a 60k warranty.
All I can say is we don't drive crazy fast or push our vehicles so my frank opinion is they are POS. Now, the argument here is that my friend has the newer F150 that came with 18" BFG Rugged Trails. Work truck used for landscaping and with 30+k miles on em they are still going strong... go figure.
Maybe it's a conspiracy by the american tire manufacturers to keep the big 3 up and foreign down... ha! How's that for a conpsiracy theory?
