I love mine. No problems.

Jim
On Jun 24, 2015 6:48 PM, "bernie" <1234bjs@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been running RA 08's for last several years. I have run them for 16
> hours straight on highway, through snowstorms and in 100 degree
> temperatures in the desert. I keep them properly inflated. I am very happy
> with the tire.
> The tire shop that installed them last year did not inflate them properly
> and I did that myself.
> I like this tire a lot!
>
> Bernie
> Vancouver
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >.... Is there any chance that
> > > the tires that blew out could have been old?
> >
> > maybe. At least two of us on thesamba asked for manufacture dates but
> > I haven't seen
> > any posted yet.
> >
> > Stuart: For sure. It may well have been an inflation issue. I found
> > the Continental
> > Tire PDF notes and image re: install (mounting) error interesting.
> > That blow out looks very similar, albeit a fuzzy image.
> >
> > Either my posts have become something to ignore over on thesamba,
> > (ha ha) or people won't take time to view the pfd. Either way, folks sure
> > seem
> > geared toward 'manufacture defect'.
> >
> > IMO, 2 incidents certainly don't support that hence me asking here.
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > On 6/24/15, PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I just got a set of RA08's about 2 months ago.  Is there any chance
> that
> > > the tires that blew out could have been old?  When I got mine, a made
> the
> > > guy show me the date.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Neil n
> >
> > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca>
> >
> > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy>
> >
> > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/>
> >
> > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
> >
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