Date:         Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:05:39 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tires - Why oh why NOT?
Comments: To: levi hawkins <b1levi@YAHOO.COM>
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I'm not an expert either, and at first glance that vehicle LOOKS to be
in pretty good shape, all things considered. But as I look longer at
the photos, I am tending to agree that it is a totaled vehicle. The
body is racked. Still pretty impressive how the body held together
considering the speed and results. (of course, no crumple zones as in
modern cars so an impact with some immovable objects would have been a
bit more disastrous for the occupants.)

On Mar 14, 2009, at 7:28 PM, levi hawkins wrote:

> Or, you could just go with passenger tires, like this guy did:
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=346550
>
> Looks like BFGoodrich 205 70r14, max load 1433, max pressure 35lbs.
> It seems one of the back tires split, causing the van to swerve to
> the right, putting too much stress on the front left which then blew
> out, (see the photo), and flipping the van onto the drivers side.