RE: [T3] Trip to Hoosierville

["Adriel Huntington Rowley" <architect_7@hotmail.com>]

Boy, this could not be timelier.  The two front tires need to be replaced
(they are over the max of 10 years, but with Mr. Adney doing at least 15, I
am not sure about the validity).  I was going to go for Nankang, since those
are on the rear.  But, now I have second thoughts.  I thought all 165R15s
sold by Coker were made by Coker...


Sincerely,
Adriel H. Rowley

P.S. Mr. Adney, interesting to find you like rhubarb pie, because it is one
of my favorites also.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jens Vagelpohl [mailto:jens@type4.org] 

I learned another lesson about how tire brand/price relates to ride  
quality last year when I bought my 914. I had the PO replace all  
tires, and the only 165/15s he could find locally were Nankang. And  
those weren't even cheap, I believe it was about $250 for the set.  
Back home I took the car to a tire place to have the wheels balanced,  
I was getting a terrible vibration at about 65 mph. Turns out they  
could not balance them at all, some of the tires appeared to be  
completely out of round. So I was very happy when I managed to sell  
the non-original Riviera wheels with those tires and found a set of  
restored original steel wheels with a set of (probably reproduction)  
Michelin XZX tires, which have not had any issues. Haven't yet pushed  
the car faster than about 95 mph, though ;)

jens



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