Date:         Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:52:32 -0700
Reply-To:     aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tires: how to tell how old they are
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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
>
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