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From: tohaapanen@watrose.UUCP (Tom Haapanen)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: tire selection
Message-ID: <7891@watrose.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 10:02:12 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 10:02:12 1986
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Reply-To: tohaapanen@watrose.UUCP (Tom Haapanen)
Organization: University of Waterloo, Ontario
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jin@hropus.UUCP (Bear) writes:

>I don't think they retread radials and I think it would be a bad idea if
>they do.  Certainly your life (not to mention passengers and other
>motorists) is worth 4 new tires.  Buy bias belted if you are that poor.

Well, they certainly do retread radials, and they work quite well
(relatively speaking).  A company called Bandag retreads a lot of
tires, including high-performance tires.  Their retread on a Pirelli
P6 or P7 cases is still a vary good tire.  They are certainly not
unsafe --- what facts was _that_ statement based on?

However, if it's a question of a temporary replacement, _don't_ buy
bias ply tires either --- get a set of used radials from a wrecking
yard; they'll last you until the fall and cost very little.


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