Re: [Amc-list] Who needs 235/60/14's?

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I got 60,000 miles on a set of BFG TAs - ER60-14 and the next set 235/60-14s 
are still on the car with another 60 or so 000. :)

Ken 

Quoting Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Thanks for discussing it with me Joe,
> I would much rather have an American tire or at least a European tire myself
> Joe.
> Goodyear makes great racing tires but all the street tires I've ever bought
> with
> the Goodyear name on them have given me problems, The first set of G60-14s
> I bought for my Javelin did not wear evenly, it wasn't because of improper
> inflation either.
> The tires wore off not on the outsides or center of the tire but somewhere
> in between.
> Another set of tires I bought with the Goodboots name on them turned into
> square rocks after
> about 20,000 miles and howled and rumbled until we wore them out and bought
> some Firestones.
> Dunno maybe I just had bad luck with them. On the other hand, I bought a set
> of Pirelli G60-14s in
> 1977 out of a discounter in Phoenix, AZ. Those Pirellis are still on the car
> (bias ply) and pushing over 40,000
> miles on them, sure they're shot but the Goodyears never lasted that long, I
> don't  know why I get disillusioned
> about so many US products, do you???
> BTW ever ate wild rice?? it's kind of good!!!
> ROFL
> 
> Armand
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "JOE FULTON" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 6:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Who needs 235/60/14's?
> 
> 
> > Armand,
> >
> > You didn't ask but I personally would not buy those
> > tires BECAUSE they are Yoko's.  Yes, I know about Jap
> > tire technology and how good it has become.  I also
> > know that most if not all of those tires are made
> > overseas by people who get paid in Yen and go home at
> > night and eat rice.
> >
> > I try to stick with Goodyears or BF Goodrich and it
> > usually is possible to do so with my old cars and my
> > Chevy truck.
> >
> > Joe Fulton
> > Salinas, CA
> > --- Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Wow great price.....
> > > Too bad Yoko doesn't make a 245/60-14.
> >
> >
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