"Nate Nagel" <njnagel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Paul wrote:
>> N8N wrote:
>>
>>> I'm just curious, is there any evidence that exposure to elements,
>>> ozone, whatever causes the rubber in car tires to get hard? I was
>>> whining and crying like a little girl about the Goodyear tires on my
>>> company car and how unsafe they were in the wet, they had no traction
>>> whatsoever. Eventually they wore out enough to the point that I got
>>> the fleet people to authorize replacement. I remember even posting
>>> about how much better the new tires were than the old Goodyears.
>>> Well, today it was raining while I was driving to work and again I
>>> have no traction whatsoever! Trying to accelerate from a stop sign or
>>> light at anything more than a snail's pace results in massive
>>> wheelspin, and uphill - fugettaboutit. I don't think it's oil on the
>>> roads, as it's rained within the last week, just not during any time
>>> that I had to drive the car. I don't think it's my foot, either,
>>> although I am not the slowest driver on the road. Can anyone think of
>>> an explanation as to why I seem to be having such issues with
>>> completely unacceptable wet-weather traction, when my tires are barely
>>> worn?
>>>
>>> nate
>>
>>
>> Ozone and sunlight (UV) and general de-volatilization, but it takes
>> years.
>> How old are those tires?
>
> 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.
>
> It doesn't help, of course, that when accelerating from a non-zero speed
> that one can press the accelerator down a small distance where nothing
> happens other than the engine gets really loud, and then you press a
> little more and the trans drops two gears and suddenly you have actual
> torque being presented to the front tires.
>>snip<<
Hey, Nate, I think you pointed out *A* problem right there. Next time
that engine roars yet you get no response, rather than pressing the accel.
down further to bring about a 2-gear drop, simply pull the gear lever down
1
notch so as to bring about a 1-gear drop. Actually, pull it back BEFORE
you
know it's gonna make the eng. moan! Much less jerky-torque all of a
sudden--rather a smooth increase. HTH, s
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