To Saturn with tirestest.com: More than 1 billion Test Miles Driven

HANOVER, Germany - (BUSINESS WIRE) - The international independent evaluation platform tirestest.com has taken off into space in the International Year of Astronomy (2009). Around 1 billion test miles driven since 2000 are more than the distance to Saturn, second largest in our solar system after Jupiter. Tirestest.com is part of Europe's largest web based tire retailing group Delticom, which also operates the tire shop www.tires-easy.com in the US.

Before earthlings buy new tires here, they check the test site of the online tire specialist. Here they get free information from fellow consumers. The distance of more than 1 billion (test) miles wouldn't be much at the speed of light. At light speed we would need only 70 minutes to land on Saturn - the equivalent of 37,000 times around the earth. At the speed of an automobile, it would take more than 20 million hours to drive to Saturn or circle the earth so many times. That's a lot of tire testing. If all this makes your head spin, keep your feet on the ground and take a look yourself on the Internet.

The popular test platform has reports and opinions from drivers who test their tires in everyday situations. Seven test categories, among them summer, winter, and all-season tires for passenger cars, are available to consumers. The current five test winners in the most important categories can be seen at a glance.

More than 112,000 drivers from 10 countries entered their test results and contributed to the more than 1 billion test miles. Tires are evaluated for traction and braking, wear, comfort and noise on dry and wet roads.

Used sensibly, the search for the correct tire is an easy step for tire buyers ... And the fact that tires do not have astronomical prices at the leading Internet tire experts, but are especially reasonable makes buying a good deal for the customer - his own personal landing on Saturn, so to speak.

For more information about the company: www.delti.com

Online shop in US: www.tires-easy.com

Delticom is Europe's leading online tire retailer and operates in the US from Portland, Oregon, through its subsidiary, Delticom North America Inc, as tires-easy.com. The company was founded in Hanover, Germany, in 1999 and has 102 online shops in 35 countries. It offers private and business customers an unrivaled range of competitively priced tires. The company offers 100 tire brands and more than 25,000 specific tire models. Tires-easy.com provides direct delivery to a customer's home, place of work or to one of the thousands of service partners who provide quality tire installation services.

PR Contact Delticom Headquarter, Germany:
Susanne Kindor-d'Unienville
Chief Information Officer
T: +49 511 93634-852
email: kindor@delti.com
or
Contact US tires-easy.com:
Andy Sachar General Manager
DELTICOM North America
T: 503 336-1660
C: 503 821-7497
email: sachar@delti.com