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RE: What a difference tires make...

To: Michael Graziano <mgraziano@mindspring.com>, Adrian Barnes <adrian@workgroup.net>, "Spridgets \(E-mail\)" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: What a difference tires make...
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 05:20:24 -0700 (PDT)
> when I autox'd the car on
> the NYPD test track two years ago.

That would be any New York City street...correct?
:o)))

Dan

--- Michael Graziano <mgraziano@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I've got these Michelins.  Nice tire.  Ran great
> when I autox'd the car on
> the NYPD test track two years ago.
> 
> YMMV,
> 
> Michael
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Adrian Barnes
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:54 PM
> To: Spridgets (E-mail)
> Subject: What a difference tires make...
> 
> 
> Now that I have joined the driving crowd again, I
> can start contributing
> more useful stuff.  :-)
> 
> The Pirellis that were on the gold car had plenty of
> traction/tread, but
> they also had plenty of dry rot, so rather than
> drive around on those, I
> decided to put the nice Minator (minilite replica)
> wheels complete with new
> Michelin tires on.  So I swapped out with the poor
> purple project car (it
> looks terrible now with the rusty rostyles and dry
> rotted tires on it).
> 
> Wow...is all I can say.  Anybody thinking about
> tires, those Michelins are
> incredible.  The difference between the drive last
> night and the drive today
> were night and day.  It's a totally different car. 
> I was actually
> confident, despite still not trusting the
> mechanicals.  :-)  It took twists
> and turns like they weren't even there, but reminded
> me that I need a brake
> job soon.
> 
> Anyway, thought I'd share!
> 
> Also, I mounted my first top/hood tonight.  Good
> thing I had bought that pop
> riveter.  That was a tedious job, but relatively
> easy, especially since all
> the holes were already there.  Thanks to Steve Byers
> for the top.
> 
> adrian
> 
> PS  The Michelins are X-Metric 155-R13s.
> 
> -------------------------------------------
> J. Adrian Barnes
> adrian@workgroup.net
> 
> http://www.choosebig.com
> http://www.midgetweb.com
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> 


=====
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.

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