Quote: ... I'm old enough to have experienced the "strange, wiggly, soft, squirmy feel" of radials when they first started to become popular in the late '60's-early '70's. The radial tires always looked under inflated and all of the "road feel" went away which at the time was not considered a good thing A lot of drivers didn't like radials at first and if you asked guys what they thought you got almost a reverse of what is written here "you'll lose a lot of road feel and they squirm and...
Same memories here, including a very clear one the first time I drove my '72 'Cuda 340 after having just had radials installed. As soon as I got out of the tire dealer's parking lot and pulled out on Duke Street, it was already apparent those new tires were "different".
I have no problems driving old cars w/ bias-ply tires, but have known the trade-offs (as do you) from having lived with both over the years.
A lot of drivers didn't like radials at first and if you asked guys what they thought you got almost a reverse of what is written here "you'll lose a lot of road feel and they squirm and...
