Leaky Tire

[eagle]

If you do a good job of patching the tube it will be just as good as new. A good "old" tube can be much better than some of the new tubes. I run my tires until the thread is gone, and yes I sometimes get caught in a rainstorm. Never had an issue with hydroplaning an A. Now my 1970 VW beetle on the other hand, I can PLAN an that hydroplaning even with new tires.

[Jeff/Illinois]

Originally Posted by eagle

..................... Now my 1970 VW beetle on the other hand, I can PLAN an that hydroplaning even with new tires...............

I don't know how people ever drove those cars.

I went on an ambulance call in 1971 where a VW Bug slid out into the highway, he couldn't stop at a stop sign, and went under a semi truck trailer that was traveling by at 55 MPH. We had a Funeral Home and back then all of the local undertakers owned ambulances. Of course the dude was killed, but what really freaked me out was, he was decapitated and his head was laying in the back seat. True story.

I vision that scene in my mind EVERYtime I see a VW bug or someone mentions them.

They were dangerous cars.