>Make sure you have "all season" tires! or you'll slip and slide all over the >place! >Bobo NOT if you want good handling! All-season tires are a huge compromise, don't do anything well, and do NOT give good grip in the dry or wet. Compromise tres will give compromised handling, and thousands die in the North American market every year because of this, as these tires are so popular there.
-- Andrew Grebneff 165 EvansSt, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Ph: 0064 (3) 473-8863 fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527 1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan 1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van 1989 Toyota Corona 2.0D Select CT170 diesel sedan 1992 Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel MPV (=narrow "Previa") 1984 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with 260hp Subaru SVX flat-6 & Porsche G50 trans) Seashell, Macintosh, VW & Toyota van nut |
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