I might be a bit monetarily conservative, sometimes, but paying over $200.00/tire for tires that MIGHT see 3000miles/year is just a bit too rich for my blood. No matter how cosmetically-correct they might be for the vehicle. But I know that everybody has their own sensitivity and affordability issues in this area, too. BTAIM
Problem is that part of my "aged baggage" is that I thought $75.00/tire was just right for the P225/70R-15 Radial TAs I put on my '77 Camaro back in the earlier 1980s. Now they are more like $160.00/tire. But then I remember 35cent/gallon ethyl gas, even 13cent/gallon regular during the price wars, too. Oh well . . .
Other rhan Corky Coker, the sizes that we need for our cars have been abandoned by the North American tire brands. Remember when H78-14 tires were everywhere, used on lots of cars other than C-body Chrysler products? Like '74 Ford Torino station wagons, for example. Yet, just as with car market or electronics-market segments the North American brands have abandoned, the Koreans and Japanese have filled the gaps nicely! FWIW
Enjoy!
CBODY67