I'm just curious, is there any evidence that exposure to elements, ozone, whatever causes the rubber in car tires to get hard? I was whining and crying like a little girl about the Goodyear tires on my company car and how unsafe they were in the wet, they had no traction whatsoever. Eventually they wore out enough to the point that I got the fleet people to authorize replacement. I remember even posting about how much better the new tires were than the old Goodyears. Well, today it was raining while I was driving to work and again I have no traction whatsoever! Trying to accelerate from a stop sign or light at anything more than a snail's pace results in massive wheelspin, and uphill - fugettaboutit. I don't think it's oil on the roads, as it's rained within the last week, just not during any time that I had to drive the car. I don't think it's my foot, either, although I am not the slowest driver on the road. Can anyone think of an explanation as to why I seem to be having such issues with completely unacceptable wet-weather traction, when my tires are barely worn?
nate