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from Roland Perry  contains these words:

> In message , at 12:49:34 on 
> Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Tony Polson  remarked:
> >I buy only Michelin

> Ah, the tyres that a friend in the industry said were likely to outlast 
> your car. But only because their lack of grip meant you'd write the car 
> off before they had a chance to wear out :)

> I'm sure he was just joking though.

Probably. I always had Continental Eco tyres on my Peugeot 306, but the
spare was Michelin. On the one occasion I had to fit the spare I found
that the car had lost its sense of balance when cornering, but all was
well again when the normal road wheel was back in place. My VW Golf has
arrived with Michelins all round and seems quite sure-footed and (so
far) well-behaved when cornering at roughly the same speeds as I use
with the 306. 

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Dave,                                     
Frodsham