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Re: my tires are hard!

by kludge@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Dorsey) May 9, 2008 at 10:41 AM

Nate Nagel  <njnagel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>That's the thing, they're about 6 months old, give or take (if I looked 
>up my old posts, I could get them within a couple days.)  They're 
>Uniroyal Tiger Paws, and I do remember remarking that they were 
>significantly better than the old Goodyear whatever the heck they were 
>tires that they replaced.  And no, I didn't notice any of my neighbors 
>or coworkers pouring transmission fluid on my front tires, or any 
>excessive amounts of smoke.  I also don't notice any significant tread 
>wear, so what I'm experiencing is either extroardinarily slick roads or 
>else a physical change in the physical properties of the tire.  I 
>haven't been through a car wash in a while, either, so I guess that 
>rules out enthusiastic applications of inappropriate tire dressing.

Check your tire pressure.

Of course, it's possible that they are better than the previous tires, but
still not very good.  I will put in a good word for the Michelin Hydroedge
tires as far as wet pavement handling goes.  As good as the old Goodyear
Aquatreads, but more stable on grooved pavement.
--scott

-- 
"C'est un Nagra.  C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
 




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my tires are hard!
N8N <njnagel@[EMAIL PR  2008-05-08 12:06:24 
Re: my tires are hard!
"HLS" <nospa  2008-05-08 14:54:24 
Re: my tires are hard!
dlzc <dlzc1@[EMAIL PRO  2008-05-08 13:37:21 
Re: my tires are hard!
"Dave L" <da  2008-05-08 17:30:19 
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Paul <Paul@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-08 16:57:24 
Re: my tires are hard!
Nate Nagel <njnagel@[E  2008-05-08 19:19:38 
Re: my tires are hard!
kludge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-09 10:41:20 
Re: my tires are hard!
"sdlomi2" <s  2008-05-09 14:56:44 
Re: my tires are hard!
boxing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-08 15:50:09 
Re: my tires are hard!
Steve B. <none@[EMAIL   2008-05-08 20:29:24 
Re: my tires are hard!
"HLS" <nospa  2008-05-08 20:34:49 
Re: my tires are hard!
boxing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-10 22:45:12 

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