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Originally Posted by Mike Bell
The early 3 litre Capris I got to drive were fitted with 185/70x13 tyres from the factory, and they were bad enough! Also diabolically difficult to balance.....
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At recommended pressures the tread on the 3000Es went concave so one ended up running mainly on the outer edges. Grip and tyre flex in the dry sort of provided a reasonable ride if one lived with the tram-lining as being "muscle".
In the damp the worst thing one could do was threaten to move a shoe in the direction of the throttle pedal. The contact patch for each of the rear tyres was about the same as 2 road racing bicycle wheels.