Date:         Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:23:02 -0600
Reply-To:     Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: SAFETY WARNING about Original Continental Tires as a spare
              tire
Comments: To: devilish.dan@GMAIL.COM
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> That's the exact spare tire I have on my '82 T3 here in Australia. :)

The reason you still have it as a spare and the reason I had one
for so long with my '81, is because in those old days before
the glaciers receeded and when radials were new, the advice was to
rotate front-back but never cross to change rotation direction.
Either radials got better or advisors got smarter, or both,
but now a 5-tire rotation will benefit you, after the expense
of that 5th tire, by keeping you from ever having a 31-year-old
spare again....

The air-cooled T3s are hard to keep going since parts are hard to
come by, or impossible, but it's worth it.  After all, they
are the REAL T3s!  :-)

Richard