Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm glad she survived the incidence. It mist have been really scary. Looking at the wear pattern on the right tire though, it was underinflated. Look how the tread is worn out on the shoulder? That causes the dreaded tread separation in any and all tires, because all the materials have worn away at the shoulder. That's what happened to some Ford Exploders. It wasn't that Firestone tires were worse than others: there were a lot more of them, and the manufacturer didn't bother changing the recommended tire pressure for a vehicle that's 1000lb heavier than the pick up truck on which it was based. On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Greg Lorenzo <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com>wrote: > > Looks like a tire that has been driven on after going flat. It doesn't take > long to rip a tire to shreds when you do that. > > > > Greg Lorenzo > > Calgary, Canada > > > Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:07:08 -0700 > > From: richard.lists at gmail.com > > To: lug at leica-users.org > > Subject: [Leica] My wife, the "NASCAR Driver" > > > > Speaking of fender bender, my wife was going up on the 880 last > > Monday, when it's lightly raining. She felt the car shimmering badly > > and realized she must have a blowout. She managed to get off the exit. > > AAA was called and the minivan was towed and I went to pick her up. > > > > I HAVE NEVER seen tire shredded like that. On hindsight, she did a > > very good job maintaining control, and all the gods in heaven must be > > watching over her. > > > > Here's the right front tire: > > http://www.dragonsgate.net/karisusama/LJpics/Tire-Good.jpg > > > > Here's what's left with the left tire: > > http://www.dragonsgate.net/karisusama/LJpics/Tire-Bad.jpg > > > > Now one of our friends calls her a NASCAR quality driver. > > > > Another friend is convinced that the Firestone / Bridgestone tires are > > at fault. There are a number of cases pending against them. Will need > > to do more investigation... > > > > -- > > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > > // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: > > http://rfman.wordpress.com > > // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft?s powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Ken Iisaka first name at last name dot org or com