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Old 07-12-08, 23:10
Keith Orpin Keith Orpin is offline
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Default Chevron Pattern tyres

Hi Hanno,
Nice article, the British actually marked their Chevron pattern tyres with an arrow, to show the direction of rotation. This shows the open end of the V striking the ground first, which is completely opposite to the way the Canadians show it in their manuals. Having stated that, driving my Chev with the open end of the V striking the ground first, makes it slightly easier to handled, than with the closed end hitting the ground first. I was told years ago, that the reason for mounting the tyres with the V striking the ground first, was that if you became stuck, you could always back out of trouble, which is hardly going to affect us on todays roads !
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Keith
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