love those "scientific" reports. no mention of actual tire size, rating, model. Alistair
On 6-Dec-06, at 5:58 PM, Robert Fisher wrote: Funny, I know people that swear by Michelin (apparently including some folks on this list) but every Michelin I've ever had suffered a catastrophic sidewall blowout- two of them while parked on the side of the road, the rest while moving (which always makes things interesting), and on three different vehicles to boot. None of them were on my Vgon, but they were all light truck tires. I will not buy, own or run another Michelin and I'd rather not ride on them on somebody else's vehicle if I can help it. A 100% failure rate is a little much. Cya, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren Busch" <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:21 PM Subject: Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes, I am still using a 22 year old tire
> RE: One after the other, the Michelins blew out.One at a blistering > 65mph > on > rt 95( heading home from a junkyard,full of booty).All 4 destroyed in > about > 3K. > > Roger, I think we would all like to know the size and model of the > Michelins > that gave this kind of performance..... |
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