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From: D Walford on 13 Mar 2010 20:37
Clocky wrote:
> Scotty wrote:
>> " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:4b9a180e$0$12922$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au...
>>> "
>>>
>>> Ive tried (obviously not hard enough) to wear em out for ages. I
>>> figured that the best was to get rid of them was to ruin them so I
>>> flat spot the fronts at 120clicks, took it in to Toyota and told
>>> them that I had to do an emergency stop and they are flat spotted.
>>> they ripped em off and put the origional Dunlop LTs on. Boy, what a
>>> difference they made!
>>>
>>> I can actualy stop in the wet now without having to slide to a halt!
>>>
>>>
>> PS: If anyone thought that Im crazy to ruin tyres like that....
>>
>> They had done 70,000kms and around 5-6mm left on tread (7mm on
>> rears!). Felt like hard plastic rather than rubber.
>>
>> The lease company wouldnt replace them unless they where worn out or
>> damaged. Toyota wont fit those tyres (Checked prior to 'emergency
>> stop"). The flat spots where pretty much teh only way to stuff them
>> to the point they needed replacing without running up a curb or
>> similar. That I felt would endanger myself with vehicle damage now or
>> later.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I think had I driven like a nanna they wouldve last at least
>> 100,000kms.
>
> My father got 140,000km out of the original set of Hankooks fitted to his
> Daewoo Cielo.
> The Bob Jane T-mart cheapies that were fitted to my old Colt when I got it
> made the car undriveable in the wet and they had to go too.
>
>
Dunlop Monzas as fitted as OE to some EF Falcons would last a very long
time but were next to useless in the wet, replaced ours with Pirelli's
and it transformed the car.


Daryl
From: Noddy on 17 Mar 2010 01:44

"Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> That's not very nice now, care to reconsider that last statement DeeGee?

Pull your pants up and give your Mouth a go for a chance Roger. We've never
met, we're unlikely to ever meet and I'm unlikely to ever *want* to meet
you. Sending each other a couple of emails some time ago doesn't actually
qualify as a real physical meeting, you fuckwit :)

--
Regards,
Noddy.



From: Milton on 17 Mar 2010 04:41

"Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:4ba02d1a$0$8832$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
>
>> That's not very nice now, care to reconsider that last statement DeeGee?
>
> Pull your pants up and give your Mouth a go for a chance Roger. We've
> never met, we're unlikely to ever meet and I'm unlikely to ever *want* to
> meet you. Sending each other a couple of emails some time ago doesn't
> actually qualify as a real physical meeting, you fuckwit :)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Noddy.

I give up, what emails?? Your email address doesn't exist whereas mine does.
Says more about you than me Noddy.

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