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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:51:28 -0000
From: SkodaPilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com>
Subject: Re: 9-5 Snow tires or not?


In article <H6wFKI.rEnopsamove.se>, hohnopsamlid.invalid says... > In article <MPG.185ea42996394533989f87nopsam.cis.dfn.de>, > SkodaPilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> wrote: > > > Gislaveds are Swedish, loved by Swedes, > > No. Gislaveds used to be Swedish but the company was bought by the > German company Continental. The tire/tyre development at Gislaved was > shut down and is now done in Germany by designers unable to understand > real winter conditions. The top Gislaved designer is now working for > Nokian. The Swedish Gislaved factory is shutting down and the > tires/tyres are now being manufactured in low wage countries. Many > Swedes do no longer buy Gislaved tires/tyres. > > < http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/com/en/continental/portal/themes/press_services/archive/conti_corp/pr_2001_12_10_1_en.html > > > In the future you will get a German designed tire/tyre manufactured in > Portugal with the Gislaved name on it. Ouch sorry for the mis info. Some of my Skoda owning buddies are fitting Gislaved tyres due to their heritage for winter driving, saying that they seem to understeer a little more than all round tyres (not dangerously so, just a little more than standard). I wonder if this is due to them being a winter tyre, or being badly designed? I thought they were Conti owned, but didn't realise that they had done the stupid move of removing winter tyres from their native home and designers and expecting them to work so well. -- Carl Robson http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

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