FWIW, BF Goodrich (makers of some of the best off-road tires around) has been owned by Michelin for about 10 years. Don't know about the country code, though. Why are we so passionate about tires??? :-) Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 7:30 PM Subject: Re: ANOMOLY ALERT-Michelin Tires
> At 07:45 PM 05/11/2000 -0600, you wrote: > >re: UniRoyal and is making junk tires in the US with the Michelin > >name on them > > > > It is not BS. It is a single case of a set of 5 tires with which I have > personal knowledge from specific inspection, followup and verification. I > know it is only prudent to verify what you are buying before you buy it, > now even with Michelin, due to empirical evidence on hand. > > If you wish, I will ask the owner if he will allow me to give you his name > and phone number so you can discuss it with him. > > More and more in this neo-world of raw capitalism product brands are being > downgraded, and once well earned reputations are being used to sell JUNK at > windfall profits. > > When I saw the problems with the young tires, and heard that the Michelin > dealer would not honor the warrenty, I searced the web for Michelin. I > picked Michelin off a dogpile.com reference and what poped up. UniRoyal > USA. Then I got to check with some tire dealers and several confirmed to > me, "Yes, UniRoyal is now making tires in the US with Michelin logo, and we > won't carry them anymore because of the problems." > > Why did I expend so much effort to get the facts? Because this is a good > repeat client and when he needed tires, he asked for my opinion and I told > him, "Look for the Michelin name and know you are buying good value." > T.P. Stephens > San Juan Island, WA |
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