>From the article at:
> http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=2377
We get the following:
"Congress also required NHTSA to order all new vehicles to come with a
tire-pressure monitor. But since many owners will not check their tire
pressures until the monitor goes off, the agency wants tires to perform for
a short time at low inflation levels to ensure an extra margin of safety.
One proposed test would take the tires from the endurance test and run them
under-inflated for 90 minutes at speeds topping out at 99 miles per hour. "
O....kay. Yeah, that's really going to be what happens to our beloved R
compound tires. I know we've had issues with "speed creep" at recent year's
events but c'mon, 99 mph??? ;^)
Eric Linnhoff in KC
'98 Dodge Neon R/T (see-dan)
#69 STS
www.geocities.com/eric10mm/KnuckleDragger
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