1979 Ford Ford

I FIRST BOUGHT A SET OF THESE TIRES IN 1996. THE RIDE WAS ROUGH FROM THE BEGINNING, AND I COMPLAINED. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY WERE "OUT OF ROUND BUT WITHIN GOODYEAR SPECS". I CONTINUED TO DRIVE WITH A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES AND I COULD NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM. IN THE FALL OF '98,ONE OF THE IRES DELAMINATED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I PUT ON MY SPARE AND CONTINUED. I COULD NOT FIND A REPLACEMENT LOCALLY, AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE ON MY SPARE. LESS THAN 3 WEEKS LATER, A SECOND TIRE DELAMINATED. I THEN DROVE TO ANOTHER TOWN 50 MILES AWAY AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM, AND INSISTED THEY REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES, WHICH THEY DID AT A PRORATED PRICE.THE SECOND SET RODE WITH A SLIGHT VIBRATION, BUT WAS BETTER THAN THE FIRST. THIS GRADUALLY DETERIORATED, UNTIL I WAS DRIVING WITH MUCH VIBRATION. BALANCING WOULD NOT HELP. IN SET. OF 2000 ANOTHER TIRE DELAMINATED. GOODYERA NO LONGE MAKES THIS TIRE, AND SENT ME A REFUND. I THEN BOUGHT 2 MICHELINS, USING THE MATE TO THE BAD TIRE AS A SPARE. THE RIDE IMPROVED SOME, BUT WAS STILL VIBRATING. IN SEPT. OF 2001 I WENT IN TO GET MY WHEELS BALANCED, AND THEY TOLD ME MY FRONT TIRES WERE DELAMINATING[GOODYEARS]. MY MECHANIC CONFIRMED THIS. I COMPLAINED TO GOODYEAR, AND THEY RECENTLY SENT ME A CHECK FOR 1/2 OF MY PURCHASE PRICE. I HAVE HAD 5 OUT OF 8 OF THESE TIRES DELAMINATE. I BELIEVE THE ONLY REASON THE OTHER 3 DIDNOT, IS BECAUSE THEY WERE REMOVED BEFORE THEY COULD. *AK (TIRESIZE: 875R16.5 E)