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From: knight@nmtvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Abnormal Rear Tire Wear
Message-ID: <252@nmtvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 21:20:15 EST
Article-I.D.: nmtvax.252
Posted: Sun Feb  3 21:20:15 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 05:37:14 EST
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Reply-To: knight@nmtvax.UUCP (Bob Knight)
Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro
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Summary: 

In article <> dhd@hou4b.UUCP writes:
>A friend of mine had this problem once;
>every time he let the clutch out (like at a stop sign or at
>a traffic light) the rear tires made noise and
>he said there was a strange odor that usually followed.
>
>He took the car back to the dealer who offered to
>keep the car for a week and test it every day to
>see if the problem might go away on its own.
>The dealer also suggested it might be related to the
>gas he was using and said a tune-up might fix it;
>he wasn't sure.
>
>My friend decided not to give up the car for a week or
>gamble on a tune up price from the dealer.
>He did decide, though, to try tuning it up himself.
>After changing the timing radically and covering all
>the air inlets to the carburetor the problem almost went
>away; the tires still made noise when he let the clutch out
>but the smell was almost completely gone.
>
>He eventually got rid of the car because he was replacing
>rear tires every two months.

     Sounds like the dealer was primed to do the classic "we're almost 
sure we know how to fix it" consumer ripoff and funnel your friend's money 
into a black hole.   Sounds like your friend made the right decision in
time.  My only question is, what kind of car was it?

Bob