Tire ratings

STARTUP123

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1995 TOYOTA AVALON
260,000 MILES

Hi, I'm looking for new tires and found tire ratings on the web. For example these web pages from different sites show tire ratings: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=GTAS http://www.goodyear.ca/tire/eaglef1-asymmetric/
I would like to know if such tire rating numbers are based on some standard system so that the ratings on different sites are comparable. And if there is a standard, what exactly these numbers mean. All it tells me is that higher number is better but how much better I have no idea. For example the difference between 8 and 9 means what in practice?

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FIXITMR

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Good luck with that! I would go with consumer experience ratings and give more weight to any negatives.

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Sunday, October 16th, 2011 AT 5:49 PM

WRENCHTECH

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Also, to add to this, those ratings are done by the manufacturer themselves and some companies just use it as a marketing tool, especially the treadwear rating. Many are not very accurate at all.