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Eliminating Steering Wheel Shimmy In Volvos, Hope this helps others 700

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posted by  jbowers on  Wed Mar 19 04:33 CST 2003
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I thank you for your response!

I'm a little leary of tires that have an extra long wear index. It usually means the rubber is so hard that traction is sacrificed. When I got my 745 years ago it had "Kelly" tires on it with many miles but with lots of tread still left on them. They were like driving on ice when it rained and not much better when dry. I sold the lot for $30 to a fellow who wanted "cheap" tires and put Michelins on my car. I also warned him about the tires relative low traction but he didn't seem to care.

I typically get 50 to 60K miles on the Michelins with a wear index around 380. I look at good tires as being equivalent to inexpensive life insurance. I buy them on-line by Model and size at the lowest priced vendor. (Usually not TireRack)

Happy "Rolling"

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'96 965 with 16' wheels at 101K. Had '85 745 Turbo Diesel for 200K.






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