I have never seen any other tire manufacture last as long as Michelins do, however. And yes I have seen certain OEM tire brand wear out with less than 40,000 miles on them when there is no alignment issue either. That is really odd. Planned obsolescence. I think that's what they're planning for with our vehicles too, being electrified, and on top of batteries being complicated and expensive to replace, I'm also hearing word of "structural batteries" integrated into the unibody construction that absolutely can not be replaced, ever. Progress! I imagine that eventually, if this is the course we take or are forced to accept, that the used car market may eventually cease to exist?? And it's just crazy for me to hear that some of the new Hummer Electric models are around $150,000??? By the way the Federal Reserve Chairman says this is the strongest economy in 40 years, so you had better believe what they be telling you to believe!