Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:21:23 -0500 From: Fred W <Malt_Houndnospamm-me-not*yahoo.com> Subject: Re: New tyres fitted to rear?
Dave Hinz wrote: > On 15 Jan 2006 10:00:30 -0800, R. Frist <rhfristnospamzon.net> wrote: > >>The only argument for putting new tires on the rear that makes sense to >>me is that if you have a blowout it would be far better if it happened >>in the front. If the front tires are worn to the point where they are >>likely to blow then all four tires should be replaced. > > > Perhaps, but have you, or anyone you know, ever had a blowout with > modern tires? I'm not saying it can't happen, but I haven't heard of it > actually happening to anyone, for as long as I can remember. > I had a bad spell in the 90's with tires. I had OE tires blow out on 2 different cars in a perdiod of 3-4 years, both were nearly new company cars. I do not recall what the brands they were, but one occured about 1/2 an hour after hitting a juicy pot-hole in Boston and the other was seemingly "out of the blue" while driving along at highways speeds during the winter. Neither was particularly dramatic. I just let off the gas and coasted to the side with minimal braking. The worst part was changing to the spare in the fridgid weather and having all of the stuff that I normally carried in my trunk spread all over the snowbank... -- -Fred W
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