Date:         Fri, 22 Dec 2000 14:39:03 -0800
Reply-To:     "robot ." <robot_works@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "robot ." <robot_works@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Friday at Costco...
Comments: To: dmc@CYBURBAN.COM
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 > >I bought the Kirland's about 5k ago and they seem fine.
> >I think they good tires for the buy, and they are c rated. Hey these
> >aren't SUV's - thank our lucky stars.
> >
>Most C rated tires have an inadequate load index for a Vanagon
>especially a Westy. You need to look at the 'load index' on the
>sidewall, not the 'C' rating which has little meaning.
>Also, KIrkland tires are available only from Costco - a private members
>club. Not everyone can quailfy to be a member.
>
As I go (occasionally) into my local Costco, I see the lines of people
enviously looking at me as I make my way into the hallowed halls of mega
discount. Many times people ask me if they can rent my Costco card as they
know I AM one of the privliged. I brazenly inform them, that yes, I too,
could get my most precious membership pulled out from under me and the
source of my 5 lb. tomato sauce cans, if I were to let them use it. They
look at me with sad forlorn eyes... I sometimes break down and ask if they
would like to split the cost of a ream of Kirkland toilet paper. We make a
deal hurridly in the back of my Vanagon (RVC) and I stand in line for the
next 45 minutes with a feeling of spreading the Costco joy to my non-member
brothers. I do draw the line at bringing someone in with me though. I feel
it would be too painful for them to see what they really miss in the 'Temple
of Too Much Consumption'.
Kirkland Tires? Nah, I don't think so. I can get better prices on tires at
my local America Tire Company or WheelWorks. And know at least it's a
somewhat trained person putting the tires on and balancing them.

tim o'brien (have a great Friday)

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