Date:         Sun, 18 Apr 1999 11:05:46 -0400
Reply-To:     "David..M" <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "David..M" <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM>
Organization: .
Subject:      Re: Speed Ratings Explained?
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Paul Schiemer wrote:
>
> ----------
> >From: Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >To: Recipients of vanagon digests <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >Subject: vanagon Digest - 15 Apr 1999 to 16 Apr 1999 - Special issue
> >Date: Fri, Apr 16, 1999, 11:59 AM
> >
>
> > It must be Friday since the misinformation is especially dense...
> >         OR you forgot to append an (F) or smiley to your post.
>
> Yeah, it was Friday, and the tongue was in cheek.
> But, my mistake, what I thought was the speed rating is acutally a capital
> letter "I" in a circle, near the rating. Don't know what that means (maybe
> like the eye in the pyramid on the dollar bill?)
> I wasn't looking that hard anyway (and the Axioms are an "S" rated tire).
>
> But, explanation complete, I gotta wonder; if a tire is rated at 186 mph,
> does that mean it disentegrates when it attains that speed? Or you can do
> 186 mph without worries (of tickets either)?
>
> Oh yeah, before we put them on the van the manager called the distributor
> and asked if the Axiom would work on a two ton sled.  Answer was yes.
> While Dunlop calls the Axiom a passenger car tire, it can work on the
> Vanagon without any problems.
>
The Dunlop web site does not list the max load or max inflation pressure
for its tires, but I would be very surprised if the Vanagon size tire
has sufficient max load and inflation pressure, since virtually no
oyther passengerv tire does, unless you go to oversized tires.