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>> > Nice idea, but what about the possibility of heat damage on re-entry.
>> > Such damage may go unnoticed and cause a nasty accident at a later date. >
>> Surely only if you get a puncture at launch?
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>Just think of 'em as a large sort of O-ring.
I think that remark is in singularly bad taste
Alex
It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Alex saying something like:
Ooh, get her. What's up dear, your strap-on booster not working?
He's just bought a set of Dunlops, and you're right, Jag XJ40/Soveriegn 4.0, 1990 I thing. Nice car actually, although he now knows why he got it surprisingly cheap. Cost him £600 for a new set of rubber, the old ones were down to the cords in places.
Alex
Tell him to join the Jaguar Enthusiast's Club, they provide help , advice and you can get a discount off parts and servicing when you use their card. The metric tyres can be had for £69 each. They get advertised in the JEC magazine each month. I have the telephone number if he wants it, a bloke in Nottingham, he'll post them anywhere in the UK for £10 for two tyres.
Laternatively buy imperial wheels, a set of 15 or 16 inch rims should cost about £400 maximum. Lots of them available in the magazine.
Steve Firth ( snipped-for-privacy@malloc.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Steve, could you drop that email to me at adrian (at) achapman dot freeisp dot co dot uk - there's a LOT of CX owners will be VERY happy to hear that.
Yes of course I can, I didn't realise the CX used the 390mm tyres.
Steve Firth ( snipped-for-privacy@malloc.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Yep, 190/65 on some non-Turbos and diseasels, and 210 or 220/55 on all Turbo petrols.
Got the email, ta.
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