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- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Tire speed ratings ?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.194008.292@ziff.com>
- From: mkingman@zdi.ziff.com (Matt Kingman)
- Date: 14 Aug 92 19:40:07 EDT
- References: <moseley.50.713750852@u.washington.edu>
- Organization: Ziff Desktop Information
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- In article <moseley.50.713750852@u.washington.edu>, moseley@u.washington.edu (Steve L. Moseley) writes:
- >
- > I followed everyone's advice (except for one very negative posting which
- > came too late) and ordered a tire from Tire Rack. I ordered a Goodyear Eagle
- > GT+4 P205/55VR16. Have they stopped putting the "V" on the tire size? What I
- > got from tire rack says P205/55R16, then in smaller letters "89V". My
- > original tires also have the 89V, but have the "V" in the size designation
- > as well. Can I assume that the tire I got is actually V rated even though
- > the "V" is not in the size designation on the tire?
-
- Yes. I had the same dilemna a few months ago. I checked with a Goodyear
- technician when I was at the track and he said that they've just changed
- changed the designation on the side and they were, in fact, 'V' rated.
-
- /Matt
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- Matt Kingman
- mkingman@zdi.ziff.com
-