Read Pat Bedard's column in the new Car & Driver . Quite interesting.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Jacobs" <legal-z@worldnet.att.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:17 PM
Subject: re:(ot) firestone tires & some roadster content (long)
> being a regular lurker i normally don't get invoved w/such things, but
> perhaps Guy should look at january's (i think) issue of car and driver
> where they attempt to recreate a roll over due to a rapid tire
> deflation. i am sympathetic with people who have been killed or
> injured in an auto accident, however, i am hard pressed to believe
> that there is no driver error or excessive speeds involved in some of
> these roll-overs. anyone who claims to not be informed of the
> inherant handling capabilities of a s.u.v. and there tendancy to
> roll-over is imho not telling the truth and blaming these accidents on
> ford for a vehicle design flaw borders on rediculous--i have a 98 ford
> explorer sport and yes, i did once have a tire go flat on the same
> vehicle at highway speeds and at no time during the incident did the
> vehicle even come close to rolling over. i'm not saying that i
> believe there is no defect in the firestone tires in question, i just
> question the fact that a tread separation can cause a vehicle to flip
> if that vehicle is operated with some level of competance--i.e. the
> driver doesn't panic, turn the wheel and slam on the brakes when a
> tire fails.
>
> as for the roadster stuff, my 69 2000 is going in for paint after
> being stripped to the metal--fortunately very little rust was
> found--from there, i keep it for the summer and then begin the sr20det
> transplant this coming fall/winter.
>
> andy
> 69 2000
> 71 240z
> p.s. the z design is starting to grow on me a little
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