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Subject:Re: 6-ply tires???
From:John Ritchie
Date:Wed, 5 Oct 1994 10:30:10 -0800 (PDT)

Ari wrote:

> 
> 	WARNING!!! 
> 
> 	IF the max cold inflation pressure on the tire's sidewall
> 	is LESS THAN what your tire information sticker on the driver's
> 	door frame says... DO NOT INFLATE ABOVE THE MAX COLD INFLATION 
> 	PRESSURE!!!
> 
> 	The VW sticker is specific to the tire specification issued by 
> 	VW for the Bus/Vanagon...
> 

Indeed!  The manufacturers of the tire know what the safe limit of their tire
is, don't exceed that or you're asking for trouble!  What's more, I suspect
they wouldn't be too sympathetic when you take it back after the blowout!
("Well, I know it only said 32 lbs on the side of the tire, but on the car it
said 48, so I followed what the car said... why'd this tire blow?!?")

John Ritchie
ritchiej@ucs.orst.edu