Re: story about tyres on TV tonight

"Noddy" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "the fonz" <arthur.fonzzarelli@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> they showed footage of Firestone tyre explosions in the US that were
>> known to have occurred due to underinflation, not age of the tyre.
>> that guy from Wheels has a really annoying attitude as well.
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> That's because he's a ****ing dickhead :)
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>> these things lead me to view the story with the same skepticism as
>> everything else that comes out of current affairs shows.
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> Exactly.
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> These kinds of stories pop up every now and then to get a bit of hype 
> happening when nothing else is going on. The last one I remember was 
> centred around used tyres, and how "dangerous" they could be.
>
> To highlight the point they featured "dramatic footage" of a used tyre 
> fitted to a test machine that exploded in tremendous fa****on, and they 
> captured it from a number of angles to make sure you "got it". Of
course, 
> what they neglect to tell the viewer is that a condition had been set to

> ensure the tyre would blow by running the thing on the test at it's 
> maximum pressure, maximum speed, maximum weight loading and on a
stinking 
> hot roller for about three hours.
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> Conditions that 99.99% of tyres in the country are never likely to see, 
> and a ****ing brand new tyre would pop doing that too :)
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> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.

Why do dip****s watch these shows and then condemn them? Says more about
you 
than them. You ****s hide in here unlike those who have to not only show 
their faces but show their credentials.

Roger