... and it was uphill both ways and we didn't care because gas wasn't even a half a buck a gallon yet ... kids today ...     =(:D)

--- On Mon, 12/5/11, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:

> From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
> Subject: Re: whumpity-whumpity on cold tires
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 9:13 PM
> ---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
> wrote:
> > Hi Melissa,
> >
> >� Imagine my
> > reaction when on the first day I ever experience a
> -40F temp and I tried
> > to drive to town on my cold tires. The flat side next
> to the ground
> > stays flat for quite a way down the road. It's
> > whumpity-whumpity-whumpity-whumpity- whumpity as you
> bounce along until
> > enough internal heat energy from friction within the
> tire itself begins
> > to loose up the rubber. Yup - interesting what cold
> weather does.
> 
> Back in the day, we all had that whumpity-whumpity
> experience in winter.� Tires had nylon cords, and
> always had a flat spot that had to be worked out in winter,
> even when it was not brutally cold.
>