RE: tires for werde

["Sedon, Doug (OD)" <sedond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

mebbe that's why they're so cheap...  closeout...  get 'em while they last...
in any event, i like bridgestones & yokohamas generally...

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Alan Lambert [SMTP:gerard@domain.elided]
	Sent:	Wednesday, December 09, 1998 10:30 AM
	To:	Sedon, Doug (OD)
	Cc:	'Kitredwine@domain.elided'; 'alfa-digest@domain.elided'
	Subject:	Re: tires for werde


	One problem---Bridgestone isn't making them any more!--I agree, they're
fine.

	On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Sedon, Doug (OD) wrote:

	> kit,
	> 
	> i try to awoid pirelli's - i've had too many experiences w/them not
being round,
	> leading to wheel shimmy, even when properly balanced.  i currently
have
	> 205-50-15 bridgestone potenza re71's on my werde, and i'm quite happy
- - nice wet
	> or dry, but i wouldn't think they'd be wery good in snow.  altho, once
last
	> winter, i got caught out in about 3" of fresh, icy-wet snow in my
gtwe6,
	> w/225-50-15 re71's - no sliding at all!  and i was amazed that i was
even able
	> to stay on the road, let alone not be sliding.  the re71's are also
awailable at
	> a good price from the mail-order tire places.
	> 
	> doug s.
	> 
	> 

	
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