I think you've hit the nail right on the head
there, John. Driver Panic! Just watching the
few clips they have on the news of how people
react to a blown tire makes me wonder how some of
those people ever passed Driver's Ed! It's
sickening and downright scary to think there are
so many driver's like that sharing the road with
me.
Dick J
--- John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
wrote:
> What is all this flap about? I think we have
> all had tires come apart at one
> time or another. And not just Firestones
> either. It ain't fun, but I've
> never lost control of the car, truck or
> trailer. Never flipped. Never killed
> myself or any one else. Gee does driver panic
> have anything to do with the
> situation?
>
> John Beckett
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DOUG ODOM" <popms@thegrid.net>
> To: "LAND-SPEED" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:51 AM
> Subject: Tires
>
>
> > List; All the talk about Firestone tires
> losing their tread on some
> > Fords got a BS session going in the shop
> today. We all talked about the
> > tires we had the most trouble with. I have
> never had good luck with
> > Michelin tires on my trucks. They seem to
> come apart after about 4 years
> > no matter how many miles on them. I did have
> a Cooper SRM come apart big
> > time this year going to Muroc. Tore half the
> fender off the truck before
> > I got stopped. Never had a problem with
> Firestones. Anybody
> > else? Doug Odom in big ditch
>
>
>
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