In article <591da479.0407090903.8e210d0@posting.google.com> , y_p_w@hotmail.com
says...
>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?

At worst, it won't perform as well in the wet as it should.
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Alex