Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:34:52 GMT From: hohnospamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) Subject: Re: Octagonal rear tyres - how/why?
In article <40460ee3$0$28272$cc9e4d1fnospam.dial.pipex.com>, Pete Bennett <pete_bennettnospampipex.com> wrote: > the waiting room and showed me the two fairly new tyres (Avon) They had > about 10 or 12 flat spots and peaks around the inner 1/3rd of the tread on > each side. Does these Avon tyres have large blocks on the edges of the tyre pattern? Some tyres with this kind of pattern does not work well on some front wheel drive cars, like the 9-5, and the result is just the kind of wear that you described. -- G–ran Larsson http://www.nospam.com/saab/