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<x-charset iso-8859-1>> Everett=> at 65 mph for 30 minutes or so > => and both rear tires "exploded" off the rim > => within 2 miles of each other. > Mr Ayres: > I'm trying to imagine you flying along on one rear wheel for two minutes > until the second one went -- must've been a big load in the front boot! ;) > The first one blew and I put the spare on. I was almost to the off-ramp so I could head back home when the other side blew. Actually I wasn't going 65 mph for the second blowout, maybe 55? I have a pic somewhere of the tire... The tires were 10 yr. old Michelin XZXs with about 10K on them but they were weather-checked. Everett '63 Estate everettb@thesamba.com http://www.thesamba.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>