Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:25:06 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: interesting tire safety video
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What a pile of sh*t that little propaganda video is! I don't know where to
start...
She shows us 2 Ford Tauruses (FWD) and then shows us a Buick (FWD) and a BMW
(RWD).
Apparently the propagandists believe that if they can't tell the difference
between white cars then we can't either.
Another white car is shown being chased by the police and we're led to
believe that it went out of control because it had two new tires mounted on
the front wheels!
Really, it had nothing to do with drugs & alcohol, excessive speed or
driver inexperience, being distracted while shooting out the window
left-handed etc - if the new tires had been on the rear, they would have
successfully evaded the police and would even now be living a life of luxury
on a Caribbean beach.
I can't believe that ANYBODY is stupid enough to swallow this crap - really,
its insulting.
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:
> dear all with new tires
>
> hmmm this video is not vintage - the vehicles are newer late model chev
> products of some sort
> they are likely front wheel drive vehicles and what they seem to be saying
> to me -
> (and indeed saying to all ) by way of myth busting is-
> to help the rear of the vehicle to track and follow in situations where
> friction bond may be lost
> it is more gooder to place new tires on the rear -
> but hey it is only a *Michelin Tires* safety video -
> i am sure they must have been only making this point as a joke
> yours
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com
> >wrote:
>
> > So what you are saying is that on a front wheel drive vehicle, the new
> > tires should go up front?
> >
> > Anthony
> > '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
> >
> > --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> > From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET>
> > Subject: Re: interesting tire safety video
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 4:51 PM
> >
> > Also ... after owning several front wheel drive and several rear wheel
> > drive
> > vehicles, I can attest that they "handle" very, very differently in
> > the context of that video. My front tires wear more quickly on my van
> than
> > the
> > rears and it's AWD, but the main drive is rear. Factor: the van is pretty
> > heavy and turning is what creates much of the wear.
> >
> > bob
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > i wonder about the application on our vans, since all the
> > > weight is on the rear tires, and the fronts are unloaded. maybe
> > > putting the new tires on the front wouldn't be bad?
> > > just thoughts.
> > >
> > > sudhir
> >
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
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