Interesting responses from Joe Bacal recently in regards to the AT3W, when myself and others asked about winter performance vs a few others. Of course, who knows what folks' experience will continue to be, and "winter" varies, but since this tire has such a large fanbase and always seems to do really well in these conditions, I thought it would be good to share. Pardon the separate thread, but post would get lost elsewhere and there are so many different threads floating around that include this tire.
"I did like the Falken and would normally highly recommend the Wildpeak, but I recently learned that Falken did a compound change which was a cost savings and running production change. I tested the previous Wildpeak version and it was a lot better."
When I asked about Toyo AT3 vs Falken - "Well, first I have to say the 80 is a sweet 4WD! So as for snow performance, like I said in my comments, the AT3 Toyo and Wildpeak both scored well and at the top of the list. However, after recently finding out that Falken seemed to have made a running production compound change, the overall performance went way down. I would pass on the Falken."
Again, this is in regards to winter/wet performance specifically. Certainly not trying to sway anyone, but was suprised to hear this. The rest of his reply to me is in regards to my inquiry on the Toyo, which is irrelevant to this thread, but that is what I just ordered........
"I did like the Falken and would normally highly recommend the Wildpeak, but I recently learned that Falken did a compound change which was a cost savings and running production change. I tested the previous Wildpeak version and it was a lot better."
When I asked about Toyo AT3 vs Falken - "Well, first I have to say the 80 is a sweet 4WD! So as for snow performance, like I said in my comments, the AT3 Toyo and Wildpeak both scored well and at the top of the list. However, after recently finding out that Falken seemed to have made a running production compound change, the overall performance went way down. I would pass on the Falken."
Again, this is in regards to winter/wet performance specifically. Certainly not trying to sway anyone, but was suprised to hear this. The rest of his reply to me is in regards to my inquiry on the Toyo, which is irrelevant to this thread, but that is what I just ordered........
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