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Date:         Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:44:54 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Uniform Tire Quality Grading, was: Michelin MXT Specs.
In-Reply-To:  <4.2.1.10.19991029135916.06c89790@127.0.0.1>
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At 14:28 10/29/99 , David Beierl wrote:
Wear rating tests are conducted on a specific 400-mile course in Texas, and
use the "NHTSA Course Monitoring Tire"  to adjust for day-to-day variations
in test conditions on that course.  This tire must be bought from NHTSA at
the course location.  The actual rating is the absolute expected life of the


PS -- in 1995 they were getting $333 per tire and you need four of them for
a test...


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David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"
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