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Number: 1833
From: James Gibat-Thoroski <mercurycapri@c...>
Date: Tue Dec 17, 2002  11:02 am
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Re: White ASC McLaren 1989 - with 10k - did not sell on eBay

Body:

> By the way as Tom
> pointed out to me, my question is why, at 10,000 miles was she
> wearing non- O.E.M. tires, that were of poorer quality and speed
> rating than she came with from the factory? No car needs new
> tires
> at 10,000 miles, unless the owner wants to UPgrade into a better &
> more expensice tire.

Could it be that the tires got dry-rotted and needed to be replaced so
they replaced them with a cheap alternative? I know in some states they
will fail you on a safety if the tires are dry-rotted.

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