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wasaabi · 06-25-06, 03:23

I've got a 9-5 and the person responsible for mounting my tires mounted them incorrectly on the passenger side of the car. After I got them turned around it handled decently, but there were tire shavings INSIDE the tire, which I found after switching to Kumho SPTs. This was probably due to the wrong mounting because the other sides did not share the same problem. Due to two tires blowing (forgot which ends) I now have SPT in the front and my old ASX in the back. One of the ASX used to do duty in the front, the other in the back. I was going to post negatively about the treadwear, but now that I think about it, I have about 25k on the tires (three months shy of two calendar years). One is almost bald and the other is almost almost bald

but I would consider myself to drive like an *******. 70 on local, 100 on highway, and heavy braking, consistently. Don't really fit the typical Saab driver demographic.

The ASX cornered decently, rode smoothly, and quietly, but since I'm in Southern California, I'm not touching them again. The tire shaving itself from the inside is stuck in my head. Don't have a picture but just imagine pencil eraser shavings, but bigger.

06-25-06, 03:23	#11 (permalink)
wasaabi Registered User wasaabi is offline Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 12	I've got a 9-5 and the person responsible for mounting my tires mounted them incorrectly on the passenger side of the car. After I got them turned around it handled decently, but there were tire shavings INSIDE the tire, which I found after switching to Kumho SPTs. This was probably due to the wrong mounting because the other sides did not share the same problem. Due to two tires blowing (forgot which ends) I now have SPT in the front and my old ASX in the back. One of the ASX used to do duty in the front, the other in the back. I was going to post negatively about the treadwear, but now that I think about it, I have about 25k on the tires (three months shy of two calendar years). One is almost bald and the other is almost almost bald but I would consider myself to drive like an *******. 70 on local, 100 on highway, and heavy braking, consistently. Don't really fit the typical Saab driver demographic. The ASX cornered decently, rode smoothly, and quietly, but since I'm in Southern California, I'm not touching them again. The tire shaving itself from the inside is stuck in my head. Don't have a picture but just imagine pencil eraser shavings, but bigger.