Date:         Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:31:37 -0500
Reply-To:     "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Running syncro without driveshaft?
Comments: To: "Tom L. Neal" <jneal@NETCOM.COM>

Tom wrote:"Because it's Friday, here's an environmental trivia question.
Where does tire tread go when it gets worn off?"
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Primarily, our rivers and lakes. Some makes it into the air, and some (as
dust that has settled) goes into the ground. But by-in-large, it goes into
streams near roadways.
In Environmental Biology, we took a sample of run-off from a local road (on
it's way into a local stream). It hadn't rained in a few weeks, so there
was a pretty fair build up of cr*p on the road. It was amazing to see how
filthy the water was. Lots of oil, tire shavings, metal, huge amounts of
trash (gum wrappers, HUNDREDS & HUNDREDS of cigarette butts). Needless to
say, it was a "dead" stream.

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
Cary, NC     USA
www.bulley-hewlett.com
(888) 468-4880 toll free

-----Original Message-----
From:   Tom L. Neal [SMTP:jneal@NETCOM.COM]
Sent:   Friday, March 19, 1999 4:49 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Running syncro without driveshaft?

With driveshaft on, my front tires resist tight turns.
During <<<SNIP>>>

Because it's Friday, here's an environmental trivia question.
Where does tire tread go when it gets worn off?

Regards, Tom Neal  '87 Syncro Weekender