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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: tire selection
Message-ID: <792@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 01:28:59 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 01:28:59 1986
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In article <338@hropus.UUCP>, 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.
>			Jerry Natowitz

I have used retread radial SNOW tires, but these hardly ever saw duty over
35mph.  I've generally heard not-good things about retreading radials from
the mechanical-oriented magazines (Pop. Science, Pop. Mechanics).
I had one retread radial snow go wopperjawed on me (wires sticking out of the
sides!).  (To be fair, it was over one of the infamous Firestone carcasses.)
My vote goes with Natowitz--get cheapie new radial or bias-belted tires from
K Mart, or retread bias-belted if you must, but shy away from retread radials,
they have a bad rep.
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