Excellent, Ken. Please take the stand:-). I find it very entertaining that so many people, who know so little about automobiles, are always ready to trash the US auto industry. It's been a popular indoor sport since Ralph and company kicked it off in the late sixties with another misinformation campaign. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Ken Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >...the tire issue turned out to be primarily a Ford problem, in that the > >Explorer suspension > >was inherently unstable... > > Not so. The Explorer suspension was not unique to the vehicle. > > >...so they chose a small tire and listed dangerously low inflation > >pressures in the manual to drop the center of >gravity so as to stabilize > >the vehicle rather than re-engineer the suspension and fix their > >own screw up. > > The tire size was consistent with other similar vehicles. The specified > inflation pressure was within the recommendations of Firestone. > There were several other factors involved - Firestone made a change to the > internal construction of the tire used which made it less robust & tire > inflation was not monitored by the owner/drivers. The tire failures were > mainly blow outs, resulting in loss of control by the operator & subsequent > roll over if not controlled properly. > > > > Essentially, they chose to kill their customers.... > > Yep, that's the goal of most companies.... > > > >...and blame Firestone rather than fix their shitty vehicles. > > That explains why it has been the best selling SUV in its class. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Ford claims ownership of images > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ken Waller" > > Subject: Re: Ford claims ownership of images > > > > > >>> Quick! Somebody go roll-over an Explorer, > >> > >> Just make sure it has Firestone tires on... > > > > I read in Popular Mechanics and I believe Car and Driver that the tire > > issue > > turned out to be primarily a Ford problem, in that the Explorer suspension > > was inherently unstable, so they chose a small tire and listed dangerously > > low inflation pressures in the manual to drop the center of gravity so as > > to > > stabilize the vehicle rather than re-engineer the suspension and fix their > > own screw up. > > > > Essentially, they chose to kill their customers and blame Firestone rather > > than fix their shitty vehicles. > > > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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