<VV> TIRE SAFETY CORVAIR??

Kenneth E Pepke kenpepke at juno.com
Thu Aug 28 21:25:30 EDT 2008


I was not able to find the 80,000 mile Michelins for the Corvair 
that I had but I did get a set about 8 years ago for my 89
Cadillac daily driver.  That was 92,000 miles ago and they
are still going strong :-)
Ken P

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:40:34 -0400 Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
writes:
> Don't forget, a *huge* part of this is that tires last a *lot* longer 
>  
> than they used to.  Remember the first 40,000 mile tires?  Now  
> everything but R tires go at least 40,000.  There are Michelins  
> warranted for 80k!  Heck, if you take care of them and rotate them,  
> 
> I'd expect most decent tires to last ten years on a 5k per year  
> collector car.
> 
> --Bryan
> 
> On Aug 28, 2008, at 6:45 PM, PatioMatt at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > People drive their Collector cars so little that tires last 10   
> > years???
> >
> > Who'd a thunk it!
> 
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