<VV> tire pressures

[Ron]

The stock tire pressures on new cars today are no higher than they were 
forty or fifty years ago and, if anything, lower.  32 psi was almost 
standard back in the fifties and my Solara specifies 29 now. So what's so 
different?
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan at skiblack.com>
To: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Pg flare and tire pressures


> Bear in mind those were 1960 bias ply tires.  They would not arrive  at 
> the same pressure setting using today's tires.
>
> --Bryan
>
> On Oct 16, 2008, at 12:53 AM, Ron wrote:
>
>> Do you really think that GM would recommend tire pressures that  could 
>> not
>> hold the tires on AFTER all of their engineering and extreme testing?
>> Ronh
>
>
>