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Hey Leon, I think the reason why your tires are getting flat spots is due to your unique method of stopping the car by using the autotranny reverse... ;-D Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing http://www.icbm.org/ Portland, Oregon ----- Original Message ----- ...> - I had an incident a few weeks ago when my brakes failed to nothing , pedal > all of the way down > 75 miles an hour in heavy traffic in the Tijuana expressway. All traffic > was stopped in front of me > and I was hauling ass. Hand brake was activated and caused the car to slow > down but not > enough , so I threw the autotranny in 1st gear slowed it more, but not > sufficient, still moving > like a bat out of hell, so I floored my gas pedal and threw the autotranny > in reverse, boy did > that stop the car quick... ...> - My 45,000 mile tires have had it, I have good shocks all around my car but > I am developing flat spots > on my tires due to lack of new tire balancing and rotation... ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/