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Date:         Sat, 5 Aug 2000 07:41:21 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
Subject:      Re: Sears Stops Selling Suspect Tires
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>

I thought so too, until I read the press release from Sears in my newspaper.
Yay, multinationalism.


Karl Wolz


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: Sears Stops Selling Suspect Tires




> >"CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sears, Roebuck and Co (S.N), the nation's No. 1
> >tire retailer, said on Friday it stopped selling certain Bridgestone
> >Firestone tires for sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and pickup trucks
> >after fatal crashes linked to tire failure prompted a government review.
>
>
> Bridgestone Firestone? These are totally separate tire companies. The
> former is Japanese and makes some of the best, as well as some pretty
> average, tires. Firestone is I believe American, and makes mediocre tires
> for mediocre cars; in the wet the old Cavallino "Sport" was a
> eye-opener...and a bit of a sphincter-opener too!
>
>
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin, New Zealand
> VW & mollusc nut
> 1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide
> 1975 Kombi derelict ex 3.6 Toyota V8
> 1984 Caravelle 3.8 Holden V6
> 1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD)
> 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel
> 1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel
>
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