[Chrysler300] TIRES

[doug mayer <mobydoug@xxxxxxxxxx>]

When the first came out, I bought a set of Coker WW radials for a B.  I 
liked the way they drove and the way they look. I believe I bought them 
in 1996 or so--just after the North Carolina Meet.  In 2002 I drove the 
B to the Newport RI Meet, and noticed some vibration, and wobble in the 
front at slow speeds.  I drove the 300-miles from Newport to Maine at 
highway speeds.  When I got home I found a carbuncle on the left front 
the size and thickness of my hand.  I bought a new tire from Coker.  
Later than summer I visited Russ Vaughan 50 miles away in Augusta.  On 
the way home the right front blew out, at highway speed.  I replaced 
that tire--and the rear tires and the spare.  The tires were about 6 
years old and had <5000 miles--but they had dry rot and tread 
separation.

In 2003 I drove a '68 convertible to the Battle Creek meet; it had the 
radials that came with it when I bought it in 1999.  At Battle Creek 
the front tires were carbuncled like the B had been.  I replaced them 
with inexpensive radials.  Halfway back to Maine, the rear tires 
developed tread separation.  Those tires, it turns out, were 25 years 
old.

I guess I'm a believer that tires that are more often parked than run 
wear out in ways not easily visible--and they are not safe after a 
relatively short number of years.

Just a witness to what happened.

Doug Mayer
Northport, ME.



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