Re: Michelin 17/65/15 F83's ????????

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

Sounds like a rally tire.  Go for about $125-150 each new.  Gouge pricing,
as there are only TWO importers for Michelin rally tires in the entire US.
;-(((

Were there ribs on the sidewall, kind of like round little bumps, maybe 3-5
of them?  The "L83" was like a yellow stamp?  Picked it up and dropped it
on the ground and it didn't even bounce?

At 02:00 PM 12/14/1998 ,  corvairss@sprynet.com was inspired to say:
> Hello All,
> A friend of mine just came across a set of Michelin's that are hard to 
> describe but they were referred to as tires that said "for comp use 
> only"  and of course I had to go and check them out.  Much to my 
> delight, these tires were bran new and had a good 1"1/4 of tread on 
> them in a Potenza style pattern.  The side wall of the tire was just 
> about as stiff as the center of the rest of the tire and I could almost 
> sit on the tire (not on a rim) and it could support my weight (205lbs). 
> My buddy got them thinking he was going to mount them on his Camaro but 
> they were not even half as wide as the tires on his IROC-Z.  My best 
> guess is that they are a full out race tire for rally cars or a tire 
> for Ice racing.  Any thoughts or has anybody used them before????
> TIA>



Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q "Hannu" - K+N, new vac hoses, still 0.0 bar....
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally