Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 10:33:03AM -0400, R. Lonstein wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 08:46:07AM -0500, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> 	[snip]
> > Were the tires rated for that sort of speed?
> 	[snip]
> 
> Doesn't that presume that there WAS a tire rating system circa
> 1914-1920?
> 
> IIRC, it originated in Europe to match vehicle and tire with open
> speed roads and was later adapted here.  I don't know when.

But certainly he wasn't using vintage tires.