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Re: 4 Tire and Wheel Questions - Upgrading
Posted by Bob Malone [Email] (more from Bob Malone) on Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:56:33
In Reply to: 4 Tire and Wheel Questions - Upgrading, Jay.Martin, Fri, 31 May 2002 10:13:42
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I put Bridgestone Potenza RE730's on a year ago as I had prior good luck with Bridgestone. They are noisier than snow tires. One spontaneously flattened, I suspect that it was tire failure, but once a tire goes flat it gets trashed and there really is no telling. I complained to the manufacturer who sent me to a Firestone shop. The manager was great and gave me a free tire. However, our SAAB 9-3 SE is at the shop today...you guessed it...bent rim (probably the one from the flat) and they said the other rear tire is "scalloped." Just the road noise is enough to stop me from buying another set! They look pretty, and that's about all the benefit I found. All the tire / rim problems are enough to make me consider selling the car. After 85K and 4 years we are up to 2 bent rims, 1 cracked rim and 5 ruined tires from hitting potholes etc...
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Posts in this Thread:
- 4 Tire and Wheel Questions - Upgrading, Jay.Martin, Fri, 31 May 2002 10:13:42
- Re: 4 Tire and Wheel Questions - Upgrading, Bob Malone, Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:56:33 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: 4 Tire and Wheel Questions - Upgrading, Bob, Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:50:30
- Re: RE730s get noisy, Saab centercaps won't fit R1s..., Tom M, Tue, 4 Jun 2002 08:23:42
- Re: 4 Tire and Wheel Questions - Upgrading, jeff, Mon, 3 Jun 2002 19:31:43
- Re: 4 Tire and Wheel Questions - Upgrading, ed f, Fri, 31 May 2002 13:08:34
- Re: 4 Tire and Wheel Questions - Upgrading, Jeremy R., Fri, 31 May 2002 13:08:25
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