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Re: Tire musing... Kuhmo!?!

To: Bret Dodson <bret@serv.net>
Subject: Re: Tire musing... Kuhmo!?!
From: Joshua Hadler <jhadler@rmi.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:12:37 -0700
Bret Dodson wrote:
> 
> Anyway, now I'm thinking about what to do for tires this year.  My first
> inclination is to just go with BFG again, which is what I'll probably do.
> But, I'd love to be able to buck the trend and be a Miata racer doing
> something different.  I haven't seen any other Miata guys using Kuhmos,
> why?  My thought was that the car was too light for the tire's compound to
> work properly, what do you think?
>
> I'm cheap and would love to get the competitive lifespan these tires are
> reputed to have.  Have the Miata guys just avoided these tires because
> they are new?  Could my used set have been too old to be a good test set?

I thought it was because Kumho didn't make a 225/50-14.

-Josh2

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