Monday, Apr 04, 2005 at 18:26
I think a lot of this confusion stems back from the 1970's. You see, what happened was, is that all of the tyre fitters back then had about the same status as say, a
chimney sweep.
They all got together, and decreed that they would elevate themselves in the workforce hierarchy, and they adopted a cunning plan. What they did was basically invent their own secret code, which is like tyre changing 101 meets the Free Mason's secret handshake.
So, almost overnight, you average Joe Blow blue shorts & singlet tyre changing dude, was suddenly..........
well............ just full of new fandangled tyre speak. This was a good thing at first. Hubby would send his wife down to the Tyre Mart, and she would be bamboozled by the Gobbledygook tyre speak, and a lot of women fell for this, like these dudes were almost like men in uniform!
Wife would then go
home, and tell hubby that she had some 250R/75/15/Magnums put on, and the husband, not to be outdone by a tyre monkey, would then invent his own code........."
Well, Darling, if I was him, I would have put 260/2567FT/16/5's on the front, at 36 psi, & 765/XXX/17 on the rear at 200 kpa!" This little rebuttal would have made him look all good again.............
So, as time went on, the numbers became blurred, and it simply became a p1ssing competition. As time evolved, some of the mud stuck, and we still know the numbers today. Just pretend you understand the secret code, or bow to the Tyre God, and humbly say..........."I want those black round ones please...."
Sorry, just can't help myself somedays...........
Wolfie
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Follow Up By: Member - iMusty (VIC) - Monday, Apr 04, 2005 at 18:53
Monday, Apr 04, 2005 at 18:53
Do they come in Green?
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