dbw@ariel.UUCP (DAVE B. WOOD) (07/05/85)
How do folks feel about retreads? Radial retreads?
I have a sort of sporty junker (old Saab 99) and I don't
want to spend $200+ on tires for 5,000-10,000 miles.
Dave Wood ...{ariel|mtuxo}!dbwugdomino@sunybcs.UUCP (Michael Domino) (07/10/85)
> How do folks feel about retreads? Radial retreads? > I have a sort of sporty junker (old Saab 99) and I don't > want to spend $200+ on tires for 5,000-10,000 miles. > > Dave Wood ...{ariel|mtuxo}!dbw My family includes several professional mechanics and the first rule of car maintenence I learned from them was DON'T BUY CHEAP TIRES. Your life could someday depend on good rubber! Safety first, Michael Domino -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Domino uucp:[bbncca,decvax,dual,rocksanne,watmath]!sunybcs!ugdomino SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science csnet:ugdomino@buffalo arpanet:ugdomino.buffalo@csnet-relay voice:(716)881-6420 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
uggoodjm@sunybcs.UUCP (a Model I) (07/10/85)
> > How do folks feel about retreads? Radial retreads? > > I have a sort of sporty junker (old Saab 99) and I don't > > want to spend $200+ on tires for 5,000-10,000 miles. > > > > Dave Wood ...{ariel|mtuxo}!dbw > > My family includes several professional mechanics and the first > rule of car maintenence I learned from them was DON'T BUY CHEAP > TIRES. Your life could someday depend on good rubber! > > Safety first, > Michael Domino > > I agree very much with this. When I was working at an auto dealer some years ago, I had a chance to learn how retreads are made. There are two method, one "fairly" safe, and one very dangerous. The problem is, you as a consumer have no way to know if the ones you by have been made by the "safe" way, or the other one. To Dave: If you are hesitant about buying tires for your Saab, just remember that your tires may fit another car, or could be sold used through a "swap sheet" after you get rid of your Saab. I was going to get rid of my 160,000 mile 72 Chevy 5 years ago, but I am still driving the old girl. If the body holds together, I will probably have her another 10-20 Thousand miles. So spend the money. It may hurt a little now in the wallet, but it hurts a lot less than a wreck. J. Matthew Good