y_p_w@hotmail.com (y_p_w) wrote in message news:<591da479.0407090903.8e210d0@posting.google.c om>...
> I was stuck in rush hour traffic a few days ago, so I started
> looking around. I was looking around, and saw a familiar
> tire - a Yokohama AVS ES100 on the rear of a Civic. I
> had that particular tire on my Integra before it was stolen.
> The car was recovered, but the wheels weren't. In fact, the
> thieves were **ahem** "nice enough" to replace them with bald
> tires on steel wheels.
>
> The strange thing I noticed since were were stopped at times
> was that the rear tire I saw was oriented backwards. These
> are directional tires, and the "chevron" should be pointed
> forward at the top. I thought about telling the guy, but we
> weren't stopped long enough. I'm not sure if they were mounted
> that way (intentionally?) or perhaps rotated that way.
>
> So what's the worst that could happen. My guess is that it
> might not wear as well. Could there be possible safety problems?


they usually growl like hell!
Chip