The Firestone 500 thing preceeded the Explorer thing by around 25 years. It was Firestones first attempt at radial ply tires ..... and they were disasters. They never wore out but they were always having belts slip, sidewall issues etc.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley" Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 7:08 PM Subject: Re: PESO baby deer... warning cuteness alert > > > William Robb wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley" > > Subject: Re: PESO baby deer... warning cuteness alert > > > > > > > >> The reference to Firestone 500s is, we had a lot of failures of that > >> tire over here (U.S.) and they ended up recalling and replacing them. > >> A _huge_ expense for Firestone...but what could they do? Plenty of > >> tread separatons, and accidents. > > > > > > Ah, the Ford Explorer thing? > > Oui! > > keith > > > William Robb >
