John, You read one hell of allot more into my response than I ever could possibly imagine-- OK--here's the absoulute best you can do for you Van as far as tire's--- Michelin's, Agillis---if you have lots of cash-- Yokohama's 356 D"s for a good tire at a resonable price. Now try and find these at a local DC dealer--at a good figure--- The Tire Rack is an excellent source for tire's--- Excellent customer service, as well as satisfaction---to go along with their fair price's. And I drove to their South Bend Ind. facility, for the best service ever--bar none, for the tire's on my BMW-- Discount Tire is two blocks from my home, and they also gave good service at a fair price, on the Yokohama's on my Westy--- And they matched Tire Racks price. Obviously you were looking for a deal on some Bridgestone's or a close equivilant, or you wouldn't have been sniffing--- If this be the case, and you want to be dealing local, pick up a local phone book, and call a local tire dealer, to find that local deal--- OK that's all on this worn out thread--- Another one to stack up in the archive's--- In response to a smart assed reply---
E-mail message From John Smith Hmmm, ask a friendly question, get a few smart-ass responses. I guess that's what I've learned to expect from the Vanagon list. But come on! Have you searched through the years of archives on the subject of tires recently? Yes, tons of talk indeed, but not a whole lot of substantial material. I love it when someone says "Check The Archives!", as many times it's from someone who's a more experienced Vanagonite that just can't be bothered by lesser knowledgeable people. I suppose that's the answer to your question on why people keep on bringing it up... becuase correct Vanagon tires can be a very confusing thing, and there are no significant answers in the archive. You can spend weeks searching throught the archives (which I have) and not come to any sort of conclusion. SO, I think what I'm doing is volunteering to compile a more comprehensive list of tire information to add to what's already on the tire page of the www.vanagon.com website. If there's some sort of consensus, I can compile something in the next few weeks for those people who don't want to irritate the easily annoyed folks on the list. If anyone has anything to add, please e-mail me privately. Thanks, John 83.5 Westy P.S. Thanks to those who responded with thoughtful information to my stupid question. P.P.S. for those who care, I like to support my local and/or family/independent owned auto supply retailers.
----Original Message Follows---- From: CTONLINE@webtv.net (Terry K.) To: johns3539@HOTMAIL.COM (John Smith) CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: looking for new tires in DC area Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 23:00:32 -0500 (CDT) You gotta be kidding me---- Tire Rack, and Discount Tire have the best deals known to man on hoops--- If you wanta pay more for less----go to Sears, or Sams Club---- I just want to know--why this tire conversation keeps coming up----- How many different ways can tires be talked about--? The archives must really be loaded with ths stuff--- Along with how to avoid Canada---and the waste of time metric system--and last but not the least the most worn out subject on the list--------Vanagon.com sticker's---
E-mail message From John Smith Subject: looking for new tires in DC area After 5+ years and 80,000+ miles, my 'ol Bridgestone 603v's have finally worn (almost) bald. Great tires indeed. I hate looking for Vanagon tires, as no matter what shop or what tire you are searching for, they say they can't get them, or they are discontinued! Anybody in the DC area have a local, reasonably priced, and reliable source for tires? I'd rather not purchase them from tirerack.com. Or, if anyone has the ref #'s for the Bridgestone 603v 185R14 load D, that would be a big help too. Thanks, John 83.5 Westy ______________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ______________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx |
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