Originally Posted by EjustE

Absolutely no scientist will accept data from such a test in a peer reviewed scientific publication. Small sample size and potential variables with individual tires (not to talk about the other variables).

To create a scientific test that would give you results with some statistic confidence and would be acceptable in the academic community, you would need to try at least 5-10 different copies of the same tire (hopefully of different batches and bought from different locations) in 2-3 sizes, and at least 50 different tires. That's 500-1000 tires x $35 = $17.5-30K + time and material and instruments and salaries. Let's round it up to an even $50K, maybe $100K depending on the instrumentation you need. That's why scientists need grands to do their experiments...