Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 18:17:06 GMT From: milt brewster <milt73nopsamc.net> Subject: Re: Saab Tire Complaint: Important
In article <3F5BD707.6C69EF3Cnopsamfitter.com>, johsnopsamfitter.com says... > > > milt brewster wrote: > > > [...] > > > > Informally; I now think I should consider three possible causes: > > Road damage, defective wheel rim design, and defective tires. > > > > ++++ ROAD DAMAGE > > > > I drive conservatively, mostly on well-maintained freeways. > > Neither blowout occurred after my hitting anything on the road. I > > believe it is possible but unlikely that driving conditions or my > > driving habits caused the blowout. > > How often do you inspect your tires for damage? Just about every time I get in my car, since the first blowout. > > > ++++ WHEEL RIMS > > > > I have noticed twice now, that my wheel rims are apparently > > designed to literally shred any tire on my Saab 9-3 that loses > > much pressure at all. Here is what happens: > > Oh really? Strange that nobody have noticed that before, don't you > think? No I don't. I think it is strange that you think this response is an adequate reply. Do you understand why it isn't? I'll be glad to explain it to you if you don't. > > > 1) The tire loses minimal pressure and the sidewall begins to > > flex on the rim. This happens in seconds, well before a driver > > could possibly notice. > > So the tires were seriously under inflated! Johannes, you are the biggest disappointment to me in this thread. Really. I have established and re-established in this thread, that my tires WERE NOT UNDERINFLATED. Read my posts. ******* My tires are not under inflated now, nor were they before I made my abbreviated trip on Friday. I check inflation carefully, nearly every time I get in my car. I really do, especially after my first blowout last March. They slowly but regularly lose about two pounds of pressure, and I inflate them to 32 psi immediately. I even carry a can of pressurized air in my trunk for this. Johannes, I had a problem. A real problem. It was and is serious. It involves Saabs and Michelins. It might affect other owners of similar late-model Saabs. It doesn't involve my termperament or intelligence or negligence. Deal with the problem and stop looking for excuses. ******* I am relatively happy to hear that my problem is unusual, but I suspect that the Nat. Highway and Traffic Administration is keeping only spotty records on this right now -- and remember that it is easy to miss tracking an issue in a complex product that might happen in only one in a hundred units, and then actually occur as a problem in only one in a hundred or so uses of those products. mb
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