Kumho

[[NeoZeeD]]

hhheheeheh

i was at a Carmax and they had a kia car and the tire was called kumho.

i thought that was a funny name for a tire company


KUMHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

go to a tire store and ask them if they got kumho's in stock

[[NeoZeeD]]

incase you guys dont believe me here is the websight to the tire

<a href="http://www.kumhousa.com/" target="_blank">http://www.kumhousa.com/</a>

[gxavier]

hmm..is it Cumho. or Kooomho.

lol. If its the former...thats even more funny!

[kato]

they're really not bad tires for the price. I have four on my fiances car. The four tires, valve stems, balancing, rotation, etc plus a free 4 wheel alignment was only $180. Plus they came with pro-rated road hazzard, free rotation and flat repair during the life of the tire.

They've been great so far. When my car needs tires I'm definately going back there. I'm all about ECONOMICAL solutions!

[EvilCabbage]

This must be a joke, that I just dont get..

whats funny that Im missing?... the tyre name, the colour of the rubber, the fact that they where on a Kia(bWhHAhaHHAhAha)?

[[NeoZeeD]]

i think im going to look into some KumHo's for my truck i want bigger tires when i get a lift kit for my truck.


what was funny was the name of the company KUM HO

but i did hear kia's suck, i was going to buy one but i wanted a truck.

[MacGyver]

The Kia's definitely had some major problems when they first came out. However they are starting to get ironed out now, and their new Sedona Minivan is probably the most reliable minivan on the market. Which puts Chrysler to shame since they have been making minivans for 20 years and haven't got it right yet.

Back on the topic of tire shopping, my wife and I recently purchased a new car that had all seasons, but we agreed that we should have good snow tires. So we went to the tire shop, and the salesguy showed us that the cheaper tires use a rubber that can be quite oily, that is definitely not a good thing to have on your tire! Running my finder through the treads of a cheap Hercules tire was really gross. The Goodyear on the other hand, uses a silica blend in the tire compound to eliminate the oilyness.

We took the Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice tires and couldn't be happier with them.

[kato]

[quote]Originally posted by AbSoLuTeZeR0:
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what was funny was the name of the company KUM HO

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I didn't get it because I had heard the pronounciation COOMO when I bought the tires. I guess if I just saw it without knowing how it was pronounced I would have chuckled too.

[NooNoo]

OMFG - I thought it was a windup, but I took my children swimming this afternoon and what cuts across me at a junction? A Kumho Transit Van.... waaaa its real, the kids thought I had lost it completely when I started pointing and laughing at what seem to them to be a perfectly ordinairy delivery van....

[opiate]

Tires? What are those?

[gxavier]

I use hoosier street slicks in the summer, and then I put on a set of Nokian Hakka snowtires for winter.

[[NeoZeeD]]

im too poor to have a selection of tires for each season.

i just use one pair for all season

[EvilCabbage]

I still fail to see the funny side.. but I suppose I dont laugh at the Michelin man because he is fat, either.

[Cleetus]

Just what the heck are seasonal tires? What the heck are seasons? Here is Houston we hot, humid and not raining, hot, damn humid and raining, not as hot, humid and not raining, or not as hot, damn humid, and raining. Are those the four seasons you speak of?

[Wayward Clam]

[quote]Originally posted by cleetus:
<strong>Just what the heck are seasonal tires? What the heck are seasons? Here is Houston we hot, humid and not raining, hot, damn humid and raining, not as hot, humid and not raining, or not as hot, damn humid, and raining. Are those the four seasons you speak of?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Up here the four seasons are early winter, deep winter, late winter and road construction.

And believe me, seasonal tires are a NECESSITY. Try using a "road construction" tire during deep winter and you will spin yourself four tiny, perfectly smooth mouse-sized hockey rinks in your driveway... but you won't get to work, my friend...

Edit: If I include the words "poutine", "Eh?", and "I'm sorry", this will officially be the most Canadian post Windrivers has ever seen.