>At 11:30 AM 2/4/2001, Gary Stearns wrote:
>>Recommended or not, it is just good practice.
>
>Well, for the '85 Subaru alloy wheels, it was not disrecommended, it was
>*forbidden.*  Now is it still good practice to go against the clearly
>stated warning in the book?

Probably just the manufacturer protecting itself from litigation-crazy folk
who don't know how to do up lugnuts, set the handbrake etc.