On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} wrote:
> Hoosiers should be ready to go pretty much straight out of the box. They
> will be quite greasy for the first run or two, then they are scrubbed in and
> ready. I doubt a couple hundred miles of street driving will do as good a
> job of scrubbing them as 1 or 2 autox runs, plus you get to find out first
> hand why *nobody* runs these on the street!
I ran Hoosier radials to and from events for years, regularly as far as
Sacramento (from San Jose), once as far as San Bernardino.
> Also I don't think they are very resistant to punctures, and I'm pretty sure
> there isn't much that would tick you off more than putting a nail in a brand
> new $800 set of Hoosiers!
The only puncture I had was a 1/4 bolt that would have gone through a lot
of tires. Plugged it from the inside and continued running the tire with
no problems.
KeS
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