Eggxactly.

Actually, IMHO, it looks like the Beemer is FWD (see my post)

Stoopid video.

But I like the "Pat" character giving us the "low down".

(via the script they were paid to read)

Neil.

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Jake de Villiers
<crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> What a pile of sh*t that little propaganda video is!  I don't know where to
> start...
>
> She shows us 2 Ford Tauruses (FWD) and then shows us a Buick (FWD) and a BMW
> (RWD).
> Apparently the propagandists believe that if they can't tell the difference
> between white cars then we can't either.
>
> Another white car is shown being chased by the police and we're led to
> believe that it went out of control because it had two new tires mounted on
> the front wheels!
> Really, it had nothing to do  with drugs & alcohol, excessive speed or
> driver inexperience, being distracted while shooting out the window
> left-handed etc -  if the new tires had been on the rear, they would have
> successfully evaded the police and would even now be living a life of luxury
> on a Caribbean beach.
>
> I can't believe that ANYBODY is stupid enough to swallow this crap - really,
> its insulting.
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> dear all with new tires
>>
>> hmmm this video is not vintage - the vehicles are newer late model chev
>> products of some sort
>> they are likely front wheel drive vehicles and what they seem to be saying
>> to me -
>> (and indeed saying to all ) by way of myth busting is-
>> to help the rear of the vehicle to track and follow in situations where
>> friction bond may be lost
>> it is more gooder to place new tires on the rear -
>> but hey it is only a *Michelin Tires* safety video -
>> i am sure they must have been only making this point as a joke
>> yours
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > So what you are saying is that on a front wheel drive vehicle, the new
>> > tires should go up front?
>> >
>> > Anthony
>> > '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>> >
>> > --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> > From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET>
>> > Subject: Re: interesting tire safety video
>> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> > Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 4:51 PM
>> >
>> > Also ... after owning several front wheel drive and several rear wheel
>> > drive
>> > vehicles, I can attest that they "handle" very, very differently in
>> > the context of that video. My front tires wear more quickly on my van
>> than
>> > the
>> > rears and it's AWD, but the main drive is rear. Factor: the van is pretty
>> > heavy and turning is what creates much of the wear.
>> >
>> > bob
>> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> >  i wonder about the application on our vans, since all the
>> > > weight is on the rear tires, and the fronts are unloaded. maybe
>> > > putting the new tires on the front wouldn't be bad?
>> > > just thoughts.
>> > >
>> > > sudhir
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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