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From: Steve Walker on 25 Dec 2009 09:45 <snip> >> Anyhow, cops have Interceptor Tires, rated for much higher speeds than >> the stuff you and I buy. > > Are you stuck in the 60's?? They have the same Z-rated tires that > come on most anything else. Due to drive shaft issues the cop crown > vics were, for several years, speed limited to less then 130 mph. I > used to drive almost that fast in a 70 Plymouth with low bid gvt bias > tires on it. Actually, I have a 2006 Crown Vic P.I. car. The cop tires are very different, to the tune of $350 per tire (Firestone 235R55/17), as compared to the Firehawks I wound up buying at about $700 for a set of 4. -- Steve Walker Fusion640(a)verizonwallet.com (remove wallet to reply)
From: hls on 25 Dec 2009 10:33 "Steve Walker" <fusion640(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:IM6dncjcS8SdTanWnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > <snip> > > > >>> Anyhow, cops have Interceptor Tires, rated for much higher speeds than >>> the stuff you and I buy. >> >> Are you stuck in the 60's?? They have the same Z-rated tires that >> come on most anything else. Due to drive shaft issues the cop crown >> vics were, for several years, speed limited to less then 130 mph. I >> used to drive almost that fast in a 70 Plymouth with low bid gvt bias >> tires on it. > > > Actually, I have a 2006 Crown Vic P.I. car. The cop tires are very > different, to the tune of $350 per tire (Firestone 235R55/17), as compared > to the Firehawks I wound up buying at about $700 for a set of 4. > -- > Steve Walker > Fusion640(a)verizonwallet.com (remove wallet to reply) I would guess the cops order the special packages on some of their units, not on others, and the amount of equipment available used to be substantial. My tires are rated at 168 mph, or more, just like the Michelins they replaced. Main difference is the OEM selected Michelin has a much poorer expected tread life. A couple of my friends, Porsche owners, essentially talked me out of buying a Porsche, because they had to replace their tires at 10-15K miles, at about $2100. It isnt Porsche's fault, really....mostly very specific purpose tires and possibly some over aggressive driving.
From: Scott on 27 Dec 2009 16:40
"jed" <jed(a)ubuxhjs.com> wrote in message news:hgvkt9$ott$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > was just about to buy a new set from costco, have to look numbers little > closer > I looked at the van and the tire they said failed, its an astro van that's about 15-20 years old and the tire that failed looks like it was nearly bald. I don't doubt that tires get harder and more likely to fail as they get older, but I think this guys old van had old shot tires on it when it crashed. But there is no money in that so off to the ambulance chaser he goes. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- |