Date:         Fri, 7 Oct 2005 23:17:48 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Passenger Car Tire Example
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><< As I posted on a tire thread in December, 2001, after coming back
>from Baja with Mark Drillock:>>
>
>You are so correct Richard.
>
>If running the Paris to Dakar rally I would suspect the person doing do
>would purchase much better than adequate to get the job done.
>
>No questions asked.
>
>If I was drag racing, I'd have a set of slicks.
>
>If I was ice racing I'd have a set of studded tire's.
>
>However, these example's are extreme and drawing picture's of the worse
>case scenario at best, as is the example you drew.
>
>How many folks on this list have Syncro's, and take leisurely ride's in
>the Baja peninsula?
>
>Not too many.
>
>The majority I'll say are pavement pounder's and don't quite require
>what you suggested for hoops.

Very much so. How many T3 owners EVER load their vans sufficiently to
need tires even approaching the recommended loadcarrying rating?
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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