Date:         Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:24:23 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oh no, not tires again
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The hump and hollow was on the side of the tire? Not the tread? I sideswiped
a curb/island while turning and a bump on the tire appeared immediately -
put my spare on....

BTW, what about taking your tire back to the place that spun it, but this
time video taping it - then filing a small claims case - bringing your tire
into the court as evidence - and making liberal references to Firestone's
"voluntary" recall and safety..... Is Sears a good corporate citizen?
Actually on a lot of things Sears has one of the best return policies
around.... Maybe the higher ups have bigger ears..

Saw a lady on the side of the street last week in front of the Goodyear
store sitting in chair on the sidewalk and holding a sign, something about
Goodyear being a ripoff.... dont remember the exact words of the sign, but
it was orange.


><< I just went through the same thing.  They took the tire of my left front
>and
>  put it on the balancing machine and called me over to look at it. While
>it
>  was turning you could see a definate hump and hollow in it.  He said this
>  was actually the steel cord on the inside of the tire and it was
>separating,
>  getting ready to blow apart, very dangerous.  He took it off and put my
>  spare on.  I'm taking it back to Sears and argue with them, they don't
>want
>  to stand behind it but I don't even have 30k miles on it and it was a
>$100
>  tire to begin with.  By the way, we just ordered a new set of Michlen's
>so
>  I'm taking off all the Yokos I have on there now.  My $0.02 worth is
>check
>  out the bad tire very carefully before you drive on it any more. >>

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