Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:16:06 +0100 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamfitter.com> Subject: Re: Saab Tire Complaint: Important
milt brewster wrote: > [...] > > Oh really? Strange that nobody have noticed that before, don't you > > think? > > No I don't. > > I think it is strange that you think this response is an adequate > reply. Do you understand why it isn't? I'll be glad to explain > it to you if you don't. I think that Saab would have known about it. Your model has been in production since around 1994? It is unlikely that a company like Saab don't know how to design standard sized wheels and tires. The cars are tested to destruction on harsh Swedish forest roads. [...] > My tires are not under inflated now, nor were they before I made > my abbreviated trip on Friday. > > I check inflation carefully, nearly every time I get in my car. I > really do, especially after my first blowout last March. They > slowly but regularly lose about two pounds of pressure, and I > inflate them to 32 psi immediately. I even carry a can of > pressurized air in my trunk for this. So how fast did the tires loose pressure? If the 2 psi were lost in less than one or two weeks, then you have a slow puncture. The fact that you have had two blowouts could be because you drive in the same area. In particular if you drive in areas where building or engineering work is going on, then it is easy to pick up small metal objects in your tires. This has happened to me in the past.