I stopped by my tire dealer to check if they had anything for my Syncro, but that's another story. While waiting for service, I noticed a poster from Uniroyal, which explained all the different markings on the side of the tires. There was one interesting thing about load and pressure. Example: >I have Goodyear Wrangler Aquatred 205-70 14 >The tires are rated at 1554 lbs. . What this Uniroyal poster claimed was: 1554 lbs. is a US standard (for this tire), it was not applicable in Europe, European cars can go lower. >with a maximum air pressure of 44lbs Furthermore, the max pressure of 44 lbs was another US standard (for this tire), not applicable in Europe, European cars can have higher pressure. What does this mean?? We do drive at the same speeds, can it be that the US roads are worse than Euro roads?? Don't think so! Or maybe the US have a higher middle air temperature than Europe?? If anybody has some opinions, now is the time to speak!! :-) PerL 88 Syncro (with unknown tires) Arendal, Norway |
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