Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site tommif.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!greipa!tommif!cat From: cat@tommif.UUCP (Catherine Mikkelsen) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: tire inflation pressures Message-ID: <118@tommif.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 02:37:46 EDT Article-I.D.: tommif.118 Posted: Tue Jul 16 02:37:46 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 06:51:05 EDT References: <572@hlwpc.UUCP> <1916@sunybcs.UUCP> Distribution: net Lines: 42 Summary: re: red sharks and tire pressures In article <1916@sunybcs.UUCP>, uggoodjm@sunybcs.UUCP (a Model I) writes: > > I just bought new Michelin XH tires for my not-very-sporty > > 1980 Chevrolet Malibu, and the guy who installed them told > > me to keep the pressure at 34-35 pounds cold. That's the > > pressure listed on the sidewall as maximum.... > > When I questioned the tire installer about his, he said > > in no uncertain terms to ignore the mfgrs. recommendation > > and keep them filled to the tire maker's maximum. > > > > Seems to me the installer should know his tires, but I'm > > reluctant to believe him without further comments. > > Can anyone confirm or deny this recommendation? > > > > Carl Blesch Dear Carl: I'm sitting here and couldn't resist the following sage advice from Hunter Thompson himself [no permission for the following excerpt but too bad]: *At first I thought it was only because the tires were soft, so I took it into the Texaco station ... and had the tires pumped up to fifty pounds each -- which alarmed the attendant, until I explained that these were *experimental* tires. But fifty pounds each didn't help the cornering, so I went back a few hours later and told him I wanted to try seventy-five. He shook his head nervously. *Not me.* he said, handing me the air hose. *Here, they're your tires. You do it... You won't even get to the corner.* *We'll see,* I said, moving around to the rear with the airhose. In truth, I was nervous. The two front ones were tighter than snare drums; they felt like teak wood when I tapped on them with the rod. But what the hell? I thought. If they explode, so what? It isn't often that a man gets a chance to run terminal experiments on a virgin Cadillac and four brand-new $80 tires. For all I know the thing might start cornering like a Lotus Elan...* Fear and Loathing from the Silicon Valley Catherine *Whatever gets you through the night*