Man oh man..Mine say 107 and 117...over 10 years old...Time to write a ck to The Depot of Busses I guess.. Thanks Larry...never knew... Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com 86 SyncroWesty..Happy the Camper Zetec in the trunk ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:29 PM Subject: Re: Tires: how to tell how old they are
>> I purchased set of Hankook RA08 in 6/08 dated 4/2008. Glad I >> saw that dating info online. My previous Michelins(which blew >> sidewall) were only 18mos old.(but dated 3 years old). > > > It all comes down to inventory turnover. Tires that meet Vanagon specs are > lousysellers, not just for tire dealers (online or brick-and-mortar) but > also for the wholesalers they buy from. The Vanagon tires are the ones in > the far reaches of the warehouse under the cobwebs, since almost no > vehicle > still on the road takes them. Maybe you'll get the older ones sitting on > that shelf, maybe you get the newer ones. It's a crap shoot. > > Our turnover on Vanagon tires is tremendous. Far from an afterthought, > they're by far our best selling tires. In fact I have been told that we > are > the largest single retailer of Hankook RA08's in the country. We > typically > get them within weeks of when they reach the U.S. from the factory, and a > month later they're already gone and new inventory is on its way. > > http://busdepot.com/details/tires.jsp > > - Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > www.busdepot.com > (215) 234-VWVW > > _____________________________________________ > Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT |
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