[FC] vairs of course - tire sizes Now Kumho/Chev
Ron
corvanatics@corvair.org
Sun Feb 6 23:47:03 2005
Korean/Canadian
RonH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Galli" <rdgalli@tcsn.net>
To: "Corvanatics" <corvanatics@corvair.org>; <krupross@sunwave.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] vairs of course - tire sizes Now Kumho/Chev
> Hey, I didn't know they are a Finnish name tire, thanks for the info.
>
> Nice story about the tires in snow and ice too. We don't happen to have
> that tire, but hey, we do travel in snow even here in CA. We have them on
> the Ultra Van.
>
> Diane
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser" <krupross@sunwave.net>
> To: <corvairs@cybrus.net>; <corvanatics@corvair.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] vairs of course - tire sizes Now Kumho/Chev
>
>
>> Kumho... from Finland.... very good tires!!!!!! I have them on my 01
>> Silverado. Found ourselves stuck in a blizzard on I-8 between San Diego
>> and El Centro in the Tecate Pass. Well, WE werent stuck. Traffic stopped
>> due to a van that wiped out against a girder. Because the traffic
>> stopped, engines reduced the heavy snow to ice underfoot. Big rigs
>> couldnt get going again... most other vehicles including the 4WD SUVs
>> just slid to the side. Then here we are, the only people from the Great
>> White North, driving on ice and snow in a high pass only inches away from
>> the Mexican border, just proceding without difficulty towing a 22 ft 5th
>> wheel trailer... why? Cuz we had Kumho ice and snow radials and a locking
>> rear end. Anyone see the irony? Sounds like a commercial, eh? Yay Chev!
>> Yay Kumho! Please have your people talk to my people and we'll consider
>> making a few commercials.....
>> toodles
>> Merv Krull
>> Salmon Arm, BC
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "James Davis" <jld@wk.net>
>> To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 9:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: [FC] vairs of course - tire sizes
>>
>>
>>> Yep my dyslexia is showing; besides I was never able to enunciate Korean
>>> properly.
>>> Jim Davis
>>>
>>> At 12:46 PM 2/5/2005, you wrote:
>>>>Don't you mean "Kumho"?
>>>>Ron
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Galli" <rdgalli@tcsn.net>
>>>>To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
>>>>Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 9:47 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [FC] vairs of course - tire sizes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Bob and I can attest to the Khumo tires for the Ultra Van for sure.
>>>>>In fact we got them in Kentucky, Murray to be precise. Last summer on
>>>>>our way to the national in Lexington, we were visiting Jim and Roy.
>>>>>
>>>>>Diane Galli
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