Tires (and tyres) have improved since then. Those old ones were real crap.
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From: Chris Barker
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 10:22 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Spare wheels, was Scratch one BMW
Wow! I think that we each have different risks, requiring different ways of
mitigating them.
Chris
On 6 Nov 13, at 14:47, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That reminds me of the experiences related to me by my former landlord
> in the mid 1960s. He was once telling me what it was like to drive from
> New York state to Florida in the 1920s and 1930s. He used to carry four
> spares which sometimes were not enough.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 11/6/2013 4:09 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> I've driven in places where 4 spares wasn't quite enough.
>> But on the road, I've very rarely had a puncture. (Wood knocked).
>> But son managed them quite often when driving my old Pajero.
>> Habits are part of it I think.
>> Follow the logic of F1 drivers - stay out of the loose stuff along the
>> sides.
>> And (unlike said son) get a flat fixed ASAP.
>> Andrew Fildes
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