Mar
30
Stop Being Penny Wise And Pound Fuelish
March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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Tires are the only contact between the road and your vehicle, and therefore maintaining proper tire pressure is absolutely important to a vehicle owner and should never be taken lightly.
Despite its importance, many people conveniently ignore [...]
Mar
23
Run-Flat Tires: The Solution Or The Problem? (Part 2)
March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
By Jenny McLane
continued from part 1
However, after run-flat tires were offered as standard to some vehicles, complaints started to pour in.
Jennifer Stockburger, a senior tire-test engineer for Consumer Reports magazine, said the tires offered a safety advantage, but the tire forum on its Web site (consumer.org) had many complaints from run-flat owners about higher-than-expected replacement [...]
Mar
23
Run-Flat Tires: The Solution Or The Problem? (Part 1)
March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Jenny McLane
With the aim of wiping away tire blowouts and make them part of the past, run-flat tires have been unleashed.
The tires are introduced to the auto industry to serve as an ideal solution to such a blowout problem. But after quite some time, criticisms started to pour in.
In a 2001 study conducted by J.D. [...]

