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Message: <blockquote data-quote="turkeyrun" data-source="post: 4384265" data-attributes="member: 27991">1. Cooper is owned by Goodyear. Goodyear, Kelly, Dunlop and Cooper are the SAME TIRE. Kelly and Dunlop are normally the cheapest, but Kelly is hard to find.2. The specs on any given tire determine where it is sold. The tightest specs are for new vehicles. Slightly wider specs are for dealership replacement tires. The next tier is Goodyear store. (Some are company owned and some are franchises. In Lawton, the NW store, on Quanah Parker is a company store. The 11th St store is a franchise and easier to work with.) Next tier is the tire stores; Discount Tire, Tire Warehouse, Bubba Tire, Sam's, Costco etc. At the very bottom is Wal-Mart, a tire that doesn't make Wally specs is shredded.I buy my tires through Marketplace or Craigslist.  Get the OEM (best) tires where they purchased a new vehicle and then purchased new tires and wheels.Saves lots of $$$$ and you get the best tires.The difference in tire A and tire B is:1. the cost / quality of components used to build the tire and2. the quality of construction (final specs).</blockquote>