- 1. Street Tire things (score: 1)
- Author: jac73@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:55:01 -0500
- Something that might shed a bit of light on the world of treadwear ratings is how they're set. The government sets the specs and the standards for DOT acceptance, "traction", "temperature" and "load
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- 2. Re: Street Tire things (score: 1)
- Author: brandon.fetch@ey.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:10:14 -0600
- Good info Jim. I had thought, though, that the reference tire you mentioned was provided by the government? Or at least specified by the governent to be the industrie's base-line. Hence, the 100 trea
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- 3. Re: Street Tire things (score: 1)
- Author: "I.Mannix" <mannix@privatei.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:50:34 -0700
- <Where Treadwear Ratings Come From snipped....> I might be making this up, but I seem to recall the Hoosier Radial having a treadwear of zero at first, but it was subsequently changed to 40 - so Corv
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- 4. Re: Street Tire things (score: 1)
- Author: jac73@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:31:56 -0500
- rating There are government *standards* for the traction, temperature, and load range ratings. The treadwear rating is a guideline *only* and there is a testing procedure and a *suggested* tire conf
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