In the broader perspective, I am always interested in buying the best product at the cheapest price. I couldn't care less whether it is made in the United States, Japan, Germany, Korea, or even Mozambique, for all I care.
I own an American car because it had the right mix of features that I wanted at the time and the price was right at the time.
The tires are BFG's (owned by Michelin, a French company) because they had the mix of features that I wanted at the time and the price was right at the time.
My microwave oven is made by Sharp (probably made in Korea (?), if I had to guess) because it had the mix of features that I wanted at the time and the price was right at the time.
It's a free market, and I get rather testy when someone intimates that I am somehow less-than-patriotic if I don't buy an American-made widget, even if I consider it an inferior widget at an inflated price, when compared to a widget made somewhere else.
I don't buy an American widget simply because it is an American widget, any more than I buy a foreign-made widget simply because it is a foreign-made widget.
That having been said, I am very happy with both my summer tires (BFG KDW's) and my winter tires (BFG Winter Slaloms).
