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Date:         Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:09:22 -0800
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: costco 15" tires
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Did they explain their point to this? I was always taught that your best tires went on the front by default, if you weren't rotating a set.

Cya, Robert

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Oxroad" <Oxroad@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:52 PM Subject: Re: costco 15" tires

> In a message dated 1/17/2006 3:40:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, > Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM writes: > > i'm surprised your charm didn't win him over. :) > > > > LOL! > > I'm about to possibly deal with Costco for tires for my VW Fox. (they're > having a $60 off on purchase of 4 Michelins.) > > I might just need two tires, I'll have to take a look. If I do need only > two--which of course are the front two--Costco will only mount two new > tires on > the rear axle no matter if it's a 2WD or 4WD. So this means I would have > to > "rotate" the bad tires to the rear axel, bring it to Costco, have them > mount > two new rear tires, get it home and "rotate" the new tires to the front > axle > where I want the newer tires and put the old ones back on the > rear..."company > policy." > > Honestly I don't know what we'd do if we didn't have big corporations to > do > the thinking for us. > > Best, > Jeff > 83.5 Westy > LA,CA


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