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- From: welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty)
- Subject: Re: a question about tires...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.185936.1669@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
- Keywords: tires...
- Organization: New York State Institute for Sebastian Cabot Studies
- References: <1992Aug20.152830.20117@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:59:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug20.152830.20117@eecs.nwu.edu> jack@eecs.nwu.edu (Kuo-Feng Liao) writes:
-
- >I replaced four new tires for my Chevy Impala. ... (and it
- >shows "threadwear--420", is that good ?)
-
- treadwear of 420 is a rough indication that the tire will last
- 50,000 years or 2,000,000 miles, which ever comes first.
-
- > It's 205/75R from General, and costs
- >$60 each (not including balancing). Is the price reasonable ?
-
- is this a general Ameriway? if so, be forewarned that the tire
- has fairly terrible wet pavement stick. the price is probably
- acceptable for the tire you've purchased.
-
- richard
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