Date:         Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:55:13 -0600
Reply-To:     miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Michelin Agilis Tires - Update
Comments: To: greg@pottsfamily.ca
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Oh oh! Here we go.........Tire wars!
Miguel

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
  - Thomas A. Edison



On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> That's a fine tire for Mexico, but I am not sure you could pass a safety
> inspection in Ontario without that DOT on the sidewall.
>
> It is interesting that Michelin is still making them for foreign
> markets... I wonder if they are as overpriced in Mexico as they were in
> Canada. Last year I bought a set of Nexen's for half of what the Agilis
> sell for, and they are performing much better for me than the Agilis ever
> did.
>
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> www.pottsfamily.ca
> www.pottsfamily.ca/busesofthecorn
> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
> 1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
>
>> The  Michelin Agilis tire, 185R14C, the tire of choice for all VW Buses
>> and
>> Van and  especially popular on the Vanagon model, as we have heard from
>> Michelin is no  longer in production.  I am about to  dispute this fact
>> with
>> some hard evidence.
>