thanks. i usually put about a thousand miles on the kumhos on the street
also per set. also ive been to the big track where i might hit 140+ mph.
so i do worry about this a little.
-james c
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald R McKenna" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
To: "james creasy" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>; "MrPepsi (Brent Johnson)"
<SoloII@mrpepsi.com>; <Elmoizme@aol.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: swapping right and left tires (kumho)
> James writes:
>
> >RE: swapping right and left tires (kumho)ah yes, i know they arent
> >directional. i was referring to the (outdated) information that once
radial
> >tires are driven on one direction, they will explode if asked to rotate
in the
> >other direction.
>
> But not for 30-40K miles.
>
> Don
>
> P.S. Not to worry, I'd get 80 minutes of run time on my Kumhos. Lets see,
80
> minutes @ 29 MPH (Dave's 4-14 GPS/guess at 29 mph average) results in
about
> 40 miles of driving. Think the belts will stay put EVEN on Firestone 500s
> (the original steel-belted tread separation champ that led to the
> changing-rotational-direction "intellegence".
>
>
> After the recent Firestone/Explorer fiasco, you don't spose Firestone was
> "funning" us about that rotation excuse back in the 70s, do you?
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