buckled wheels

["Dave Eaton" <Dave.Eaton@clear.net.nz>]

the last days of the extended vacation entailed loading the wagon with 2
bikes on top, and completely filling it with stuff.  end result of 800kms on
what is sometimes laughably called roads in new zealand, is 1 badly buckled
front rim, and 2 others which are a little out.  at $950 per rim, it looks
expensive.  hopefully, they will roll out all-right.

frantic swapping around using the spare rim, gives me a wagon which now
tracks true, without steering wheel shimmy, for the last week of the break
down to nelson.  also running the wagon at speed without it being fully
loaded makes you appreciate the changes that the annual service brings.
5,000 rpm in 4th @140km/hr and the car still wants more.  heading south and
in heavy rain, a bmw catches up and starts looking for a way past.  we come
up to some twisties and i let the quattro thing happen.  the bmw disappeared
so fast that i though of going back to check if he was still on the road...

anyway, as this is my 1st experience of wheel buckling, i was wondering
about the propensity of some tyres to increase the chances of buckling the
wheels.  it is just a coincidence that the recent addition of the
bridgestone s02 pole positions was a pre-cursor to the buckling.

has anyone had any experience of this?

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q