At 11:56 PM 8/9/96, Ken and Charlotte Miller wrote: > Its come time to replace the Continental Tires that came stock on by EV. I > cought a little info a while back on EV tires but need more. Initially my > local FLATS (is this a new acronym?) tried to sell me non-reinforced > Michelins and said they'd do just fine. I said nope. If thats what it > came with there must be a reason for the reinforced sidewall. The dealer > agreed. Dealer also wanted $120 apiece for Continentals GAG!!!. Anyway I > have Michelin MXL's with reinforced sidewalls on order for next week. > Anyone have experience with these tires? What are other EV'ers using for > tires? > > Ken > > 104303.704@compuserve.com Ken: I'm one of those who didn't say nope, and am running the non-reinforced Michies. About 23K miles so far and no problems. I'd prefer the reinforceds but they weren't available when I bought mine, and the Contis were coming apart (lousy tires, at least mine were). -Tim Parker 93 EV GL 60 Singlecab 29 Model A Ford
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