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Subject:Re: Tire vendors
From:Greg Potts
Date:Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:28:43 -0500

Hi David,

Agreed.

There's an S-bend about a quarter mile from home that I drive at least
twice a day. The sidewall "squirm" was considerable with car tires and
totally gone once I switched to dual-ply sidewalls.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
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1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (Colleen's ride)
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On 12/5/2010 5:57 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> Not to mention that Sylvan quit reaching for the grab handle every time
> we went around a corner...I'd previously replaced the OE shocks with
> Bilstein with little effect on the wallow, but changing to whatever were
> the then-available Michelin 185R14C tires had a dramatic effect. As a
> side benefit, no more blowouts. ;-)
>
> Yrs,
> d
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