I'm not surprised here....but for yrs I've tried to keep that under my Red Sox hat.
Word of mouth and forum opinions are, often, so - just that
Then there's this red-faced rider to the poor guy at the parts counter: "This supposedly
new tire is date-stamped almost 3 years ago!"
You certainly don't have to trust RevZilla, but after dealing with them for years - I do.
Stig