Date:         Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:44:43 -0700
Reply-To:     mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From:         mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: oh boy... tires
Comments: To: Ben T <BenTbtstr8@aol.com>
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I did mean all 4 but apparently, see Ed debolt's post they don't exist
anymore.

I will leave the first comment alone as only terry K could do justice to it.

Mike

> From: Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
> Reply-To: BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:10:59 EDT
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: oh boy... tires
>
> In a message dated 6/17/02 4:42:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> mwmiller@CWNET.COM writes:
>
> << Better you should have brought up gun control, and the possibility that
> BenT
> is George W. in disguise than this subject! >>
>
> Yes, Mike. I am in fact George Washington. Not only am I pro-gun control but
> I hate that English king too. As for tires, I don't any as I go by ferry.
>
> << Costco's Kirkland brand, load rating C works OK for me but I'm sure their
> not the best.  It's just that you can get them for 225 or so mounted and
> balanced. >>
>
> You might want to clarify this a bit. You mean ALL four tires, right?
>
> What the heck I got Pirelli speed rated car tires on my 87 GL. Then I have
> some Uniroyal MonoPly load rated tires on my 16" Syncro. Came from Europe
> that way. The 82 GL has some Kirkland tires on there. Generally no
> complaints. Except that I did shred one very expensive Pirelli possibly due
> to excessive weight for that type of tire, excessive cornering speeds, brake
> fluid dripping on that tire all year round due to a leaky wheel cylinder or
> all of the above.
>
> BenT
>