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Old 2008-09-24, 05:29 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by knucklesplitter View Post
Those Firestones are prolly better than you think. It is similar to the Michelin/BFG in design and construction. That whole Firestone fiasco was at least as much Ford's fault, and *all* the other tire makers were just glad it wasn't them, because we all did the things that were implicated in those tires failing.
Yeah, I never bought into that whole Firestone thing. Explorers were coming with underinflated tires from the dealerships... and we all know how well the general public maintains their cars.

Firestone just got owned by a bunch of idiots with underinflated tires on over-loaded SUVs that were already prone to crashing.
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