RE: Catchup on my Rings - please

[Michael Williams <daserde@ucla.edu>]

PAT MARTIN decided to speak these words:

>So by Scotts definition all tires even of the same size are the same.  
>What if 
>they had the same brand and model that the other cars had we could then make 
>the assumption that the cars suspension and other is not up to snuff.  My 
>feeling is that they put crappy tires on a good car.  This is also what I 
>have 
>read into the people who have driven it.


That is what they said in the test if i remember.  They put really crappy 
goodyear tires on the car.  Worse than those michelin things.  Yes, 
better tires would dramatically help braking distances, as we all know 
that the most important thing on the car is the tires...that can not be 
denied, they are the only part of the car that touches the ground.

they define almost everything about how a car handles...hence the almost 
constant discussion on the list about tires.

Take a look at the A4, when it first came over here, it was equipped with 
really crappy goodyears, now it has much better tires and it is posting 
much better thandling numbers at hte magazines...

Tires make a HUGE difference..



later...


Michael Sheridan Williams

My new one: 1985 4000 S Quattro
175,000+ miles, and going like a new car
Well, went like a new car.....right into a guard rail :o(

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