db@944s.co.uk
New member
Longish post ...
I have recently become painfully aware of the need to check the condition of tyres on recently acquired cars.
I bought an '88 944 LUX a few weeks ago to keep my 944S company and decided I would have the tele-dials refurbished as they were a bit scruffy.
To cut a long story short, the company who powder-coats the wheels don't have the facilities to remove tyres. I put the car on axle stands, borrowed a van and took the wheels, complete with tyres to a local tyre firm to seperate. About 2 minutes after handing over the wheels/tyres combination, the foreman came over to me and said: sorry mate but the hydraulic machine has pierced your tyres.
Initially I verbally tore the foreman up for arse-paper for destroying apparently good Dunlop Sports but after it was pointed out that it was better to be standing next to the tyres when they disintegrated, rather than them blowing at 137 mph ...
The lesson to be learned here is that never take the 8" of rubber between you and certain death for granted!
(Incidentally the Date of manufacture on the Dunlops was 1999)
I have recently become painfully aware of the need to check the condition of tyres on recently acquired cars.
I bought an '88 944 LUX a few weeks ago to keep my 944S company and decided I would have the tele-dials refurbished as they were a bit scruffy.
To cut a long story short, the company who powder-coats the wheels don't have the facilities to remove tyres. I put the car on axle stands, borrowed a van and took the wheels, complete with tyres to a local tyre firm to seperate. About 2 minutes after handing over the wheels/tyres combination, the foreman came over to me and said: sorry mate but the hydraulic machine has pierced your tyres.
Initially I verbally tore the foreman up for arse-paper for destroying apparently good Dunlop Sports but after it was pointed out that it was better to be standing next to the tyres when they disintegrated, rather than them blowing at 137 mph ...
The lesson to be learned here is that never take the 8" of rubber between you and certain death for granted!
(Incidentally the Date of manufacture on the Dunlops was 1999)
