Recent content by Volvohead

It probably helps in these situations to also give a little historical perspective, as sometimes the present moment seems very different from the past, which is often prologue. If the numb skulls and clowns want to label it a rant, that's their problem. I'm merely presenting it as a little...

If your question is whether there is potential liability to the installer in defective tire cases, the answer is yes. Absolutely so. And at a minimum litigation exposure. You don't need published caselaw for that. Just start searching the court dockets. Installers get sued all the time in...

Not exactly. There are rules for tire manufacture, and then there are rules and resulting best practices for the field that can be held to apply as the standard of care. The latter are what would apply to installers here. The best practices, as dictated by the industry and its regulations...

I absolutely agree with you. But tire manufacturers are notoriously resistant to these things. Yokohama and a few others got called on the carpet in some of these decisions, and tried to argue some of the same things that some of the knucklehead here have. You may be old enough to remember...

No, you're not necessarily wrong. The issue isn't about "freshness" or how old a tire is. It is about when there is a tire recall, and how much effort is required to find out what's on your car. If you are going to have to pull the wheels to find out exactly what's on the car, a lot of...

Those are pretty much idiot proof, and the manufacturers place all the DOT data on the side marked "Outside". That's what the above Pirelli decision was stressing. Those asymmetricals have additional assurances of being installed right. Your second point is the key one, and I sympathize with...

You’re dead wrong. NHTSA since 2013 has already determined those tires as “mismounted”. If the tire later fails and it involves serious injury or death, you can call your carrier if you were the installer. People like you were always the first ones to wet their pants once they were on the...

No one said it was illegal. The police won't be busting your door down if you do it on your own car. Mount your own tires however you like. The obligation to know what you have on your car is on you. But if you're the one mounting the tires for someone else, you could be liable for...

Of course they could. But they don't You can all guffaw all you like. But when the lazy or unwitting motorist refuses to crawl up their wheel well to figure out if they have a bad tire, the tire later blows out, and kills someone in your family who was doing nothing wrong, it's not so funny...

Just a PSA for anyone who is doing this in the business, and for all of us who are just buying tires. I'm mentioning it, as I actually have to go back and have an uncomfortable chat on Monday morning with a very skilled (but not up to date) old timer, who then is going to have to remount three...

They shouldn't. Read the thread.

Pabs, you’re still here! One of our most senior members. I tip my oil cap to you.

The Yugo at least had a heated back window, to warm your hands as you pushed it. Try pushing one of those battery powered rigs. The cord pulls out after 10 feet.

If irony were blow by, I think you would need a bigger PCV valve. Henry Ford only wrote about things. Porsche actually did them. But this is your painting, not mine.

Ferdinand Porsche was a racist. Do not put him on a pedestal.