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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...
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