Re: Bridgestone Ecopia EP-03 Tires
Well I had one in my hand today and then it was taken
away. I received a call late last week saying they
found a set of them hidden in a warehouse in
California, cool! I received a call this morning
informing me they had arrived. Having been caught off
guard without wheels I said I'd just come by and pay
for them and take them so they wouldn't be taking up
space in their store after all I had gone through to
get them.
I was on my way to get them and I received another
call, they started looking closely at them and they
discovered the date code on two of them was for 2000
and the other two were for 2001. I'm not sure if it
was a legal thing, or just corporate policy but they
wouldn't sell me a tire that was that old. I asked if
I could at least come look at them after all that,
they said yes. I held one in my hand and examined the
sidewall. Sure enough molded in to the side wall were
the words "For Electric Vehicle Use Only" I'm sure
they had some extra load capacity built in, they were
51psi tires. The tread looked all sorts of funky, this
is the tire efficient EV wet dreams are made out of.
It was in my hand and I couldn't take it.
So we're back to the drawing board, but I'm assured I
will eventually get a good set of them... I just have
the feeling they are going to have to come from Japan
now for real. I really really want to put a set on a
car and see how they compare, I have high
expectations.
Later,
Rick
92 Saturn SC conversion
AZ Alt Fuel Plates "ZEROGAS"
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Well I had one in my hand today and then it was taken
away. I received a call late last week saying they
found a set of them hidden in a warehouse in
California, cool! I received a call this morning
informing me they had arrived. Having been caught off
guard without wheels I said I'd just come by and pay
for them and take them so they wouldn't be taking up
space in their store after all I had gone through to
get them.
I was on my way to get them and I received another
call, they started looking closely at them and they
discovered the date code on two of them was for 2000
and the other two were for 2001. I'm not sure if it
was a legal thing, or just corporate policy but they
wouldn't sell me a tire that was that old. I asked if
I could at least come look at them after all that,
they said yes. I held one in my hand and examined the
sidewall. Sure enough molded in to the side wall were
the words "For Electric Vehicle Use Only" I'm sure
they had some extra load capacity built in, they were
51psi tires. The tread looked all sorts of funky, this
is the tire efficient EV wet dreams are made out of.
It was in my hand and I couldn't take it.
So we're back to the drawing board, but I'm assured I
will eventually get a good set of them... I just have
the feeling they are going to have to come from Japan
now for real. I really really want to put a set on a
car and see how they compare, I have high
expectations.
Later,
Rick
92 Saturn SC conversion
AZ Alt Fuel Plates "ZEROGAS"
____________________________________________________________________________________
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