Re: [FWDLK] Coker tires going good.....

[Tony Rinaldi <awrdoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: [FWDLK] Coker tires going good.....

These 235/75R14 radial tires are rated for 90 mph for 24 hours straight according to the government’s rating system. Third party statements about what was said by a 4th party, in the 1980s, does not belong on this e-mail server, since misinformation is dangerous just like driving on replacement bias ply tires.

Does anyone on this server really believe that a representative of Coker would make a statement that you can only go 45 mph on their radials in 1980?

The reference was made to tires manufactured in the late 1980s. Give me a break. These 235/75R14s have only been on the market since last year. In the late 1980s, you could get GoodYear tires and many other manufacturers since 235/75R14s were used on some late 1970s cars. Why would anyone buy them from Coker then.

Tony
> From: Jerry <mopar-man@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Jerry <mopar-man@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 02:26:27 -0500
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Coker tires going bad.....

> That's interesting.  I bought Cokers for my C300 in 2000 and drove the
> car twice from Detroit to Fort Myers Beach in SW Florida and never
> had a problem except for a flat that I got when I ran over a nail.  I even
> took it up to 90mph for a short distance on one of the trips and never
> had a problem.  It rode and handled just great.  I also drove it twice to
> shows in Frankenmuth, MI and to another show in Marshall, MI which 
> was just over 100 miles from Detroit.   
>  
> Jerry Browarski
>
> Sam Spagnolo (sp?), from SoCal, put   "New-Cokes " on his light blue 57
Ny'er, and attempted to drive it to one of the late 80's WPC natl meets,
in Deetroit--got as far as Chi-Town, before I-forget-how-many tires lost
their tread--
He quoted Coca Coker as saying something like, "Well those tires aren't
MEANT to be driven over 45 mph", or something. He did get replacement
tires from them, but I don't know how those tires "faired".

Neil Vedder
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