Date:         Sun, 18 Apr 1999 00:43:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Paul Schiemer <schiemer@MAGICNET.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Paul Schiemer <schiemer@MAGICNET.NET>
Subject:      Speed Ratings Explained?
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> 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. This from the mouths of professionals who do
nothing but sell and install tires all day for a living.