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Date:         Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:15:45 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: New Tires at Last
In-Reply-To:  <4A64E8FB.7010603@charter.net>
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Congrats, John. For all that fretting you've earned it.

Jim

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:00 PM, John Rodgers<inua@charter.net> wrote: > Looked all over - and hit the 14 inch wall everywhere - at least for > what I wanted - which was a 205/70 or 75/R14 Load Range C-D. Not to be > found. Lots of passenger type tires, but not what I needed. > > Then  the General Altimax RT came up in a thread here, and I looked into > that. Tire Rack had them in a size I wanted. I had to resolve the specs > - Service Description was 98 T, and Load Range XL. After looking hard at > those numbers, and getting some info from Dennis Haynes on this tire - I > decided it was for me. Price on the Rack was $58, cost for delivery to > my zip code was $50, and local installation was $20/tire. Total was > $370. I fidgeted over that cost, then did some research locally and came > up with four Altimax RT's in the same size for total of $300 mounted, > balanced and installed. > > Those tires ride so much better than the Michelin XCA's that were on there. > > I am delighted! > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver >


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