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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Around 1962 I had a blowout in the right front tire of my 1952 Oldsmobile. It did not have power steering. I was a young strong fellow but that blowout almost tore my wrists off my arms. The car swerved hard to the right and I left the highway and almost into a ditch. If I had not hit the brakes as hard as I did, I would have ended up in that ditch. There was heavy traffic in the oncoming land and if the left front tire had blown I would have had a head-on collision and perhaps killed.<br> <br>So, what would a rear tire blowout (.... or a rear tire losing pressure and going flat ? ) do that is worse than a front tire going flat. I should add that modern tires do not have blowouts like we did back in the 50's and 60's. So a front tire going flat will make the car extremely difficult to steer. Whereas, a rear tire going down would perhaps make the car want to over-steer a bit. And that is an easy instinctive driver correction.<br><br>Richard<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 09:13:24 -0400<br>From: ttrotter2@triad.rr.com<br>To: timwarduk@aol.com; healeys@autox.team.net<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] New Tyres<br><br><div>Rear, imho.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:9px;color:#575757;">Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><br><br><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Tim Ward </div><div>Date:03/15/2015 9:02 AM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: healeys@autox.team.net </div><div>Subject: [Healeys] New Tyres </div><div><br></div><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">Hi Team</span></a></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">Due to an unfortunate puncture I have had to replace two still good tyres with new ones. The Other two are still good. I estimate still at least 60% tread left.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">My question is, in the opinion of the Team, should the new Tyres go on the front or the rear?</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">The car in question is a BJ8.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">Many thanks</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">Tim</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">Tim Ward</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">Warwick House</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">12 Mill Road</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">Kislingbury</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">NN7 4BB</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">Tel: 07855 388 751</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">http://www.shuttermagic.co.uk/</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MV Boli";color:#1F497D;">http://www.kislingburyonline.co.uk/index.php</span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________
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