In a message dated 97-09-11 06:10:42 EDT, a-richat(at)MICROSOFT.com (Richard
Atherton (Entex)) writes:
> When I had my Alpine with BR60 X 13 BF Goodrich T/A Radials (old
>style), I also found the car to handle sluggishly. I found that 42 lbs
>in the summer, and 45lbs in the winter worked great for the front, and
>40lbs in the rear. It did tend to wear the tread, but they were a soft
>compound anyway. It handled like a dream with these....except in the
>rain, where they were simply God awful ! Preasue didn't matter in the
>rain. Even witha very tired 1592, I could spin the rear in all four
>gears ! But never in the dry.
>
>Rich
>
>
>
If you pump up your tires enough, you can make any car "less sluggish" (AKA
"less steering effort"). I'm not surprised it was a handful in the rain.
You probably had only a narrow tread patch making good contact with the road
while they were pumped up like balloons. And since you owned your last
Alpine during the Carter administration, those "soft compound" T/A's you were
running were marbles compared to today's tires.
Over-inflating tires for road use is bad advice. With wider tires comes
heavier steering. Live with it.
Dick Sanders
Seattle
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