Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:50:44 -0800
Reply-To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vredestein Comtrac Winter tire
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Dennis, that is close enough to $103 that I am paying to call it the same.
but I like that I am getting mine from a local dealer who will have my back
in a warranty situation.
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
wrote:
> David
> I guess I was really lucky. Go my 4 Vredestein from tire easy for $104
> each plus free delivery to Vermont. I ordered them through the Internet on
> 11/9/16 and I got them 3 days later.
> Dennis J.
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
> Newbury, Vermont
>
>
> > On Nov 15, 2016, at 3:00 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > That's one of the web places I found them, $140, free shipping. But I
> got
> > a better deal from Les Swchabb, locally. $103 per tire, plus $20
> shipping,
> > plus $13.95 mounting, lifetime balance, lifetime rotation, includes road
> > hazard protection. If I bought them online I would have to pay $20 for
> > mounting and balancing, no lifetime, no road hazard protection. For me,
> > $147 package including road hazard protection, with a go between to
> handle
> > warranty adjustments if needed, beats $160, no lifetime, no road hazard,
> no
> > one local to handle anything.
> >
> > mcneely
> >
> >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:37 AM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> try Tiresbyweb.com. it is where I got mine.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>>> On Nov 15, 2016, at 1:58 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> So, I found that tires-easy no longer has the Vredestein Comtrac (all
> >>> season) tire. It is listed now as "out of stock." My inquiry as to
> when
> >>> it might be available got an answer of "Not known." I think that
> >>> tires-easy's business is finding odd lots from dealers and shippers, so
> >>> they may never have the tire again, or any given tire.
> >>>
> >>> I found two other web dealers who offered the tire, one for $140 no
> >>> shipping charge, one for $130 plus $20 shipping. I called the latter
> and
> >>> got them down to $138, no shipping charge, but really wanted to buy
> >> locally
> >>> from someone who would handle any warranty needs and who would keep the
> >>> tires balanced and rotated.
> >>>
> >>> Discount Tire, my preferred tire dealer, said they could not get the
> >> tire,
> >>> something about not having a "relationship" with Vredestein USA. I
> >> didn't
> >>> inquire as to what "relationships" two tire companies might have ;-}.
> A
> >>> manager at Discount did say that Vredestein USA offers a lot of
> >> commercial
> >>> tires (this is one), and that Discount does not handle commercial
> tires.
> >>> I've seen a lot of delivery vehicles at their shops getting tires,
> >> however.
> >>>
> >>> I found a very helpful young man at my local Les Schwabb dealer, who
> said
> >>> he didn't know the tire or even the company, but he spent a lot of time
> >>> looking for it. He then quoted me $103 per tire, $20 shipping, and
> >> $13.95
> >>> lifetime rotation and balance for the 195R14C. The load index is 106
> (D
> >>> rating), and the tire bears the mountain peak and snowflake symbol. I
> >> told
> >>> him to order five of them for me. I will replace my Hankook RA08s with
> >>> them, and he will credit me $125 for the five of them, bringing my out
> of
> >>> pocket down that amount. One has less than 1K miles, the other four
> have
> >>> just over 5K (rotated).
> >>>
> >>> If anyone wanted to come to Spokane to get them and would give me $250
> >> for
> >>> all 5, and be here next week for sure (meet me at Les Schwabb for my
> >>> appointment, not set yet, or come to house after), I would sell them
> to a
> >>> list member. Otherwise I'll just take his credit, as I don't want to
> >> have
> >>> them laying around while I try to sell them. Email me privately and
> >> we'll
> >>> talk. I won't ship them.
> >>>
> >>> mcneely
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Dennis Haynes <
> d23haynes57@hotmail.com
> >>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> This is a regular problem with these special tires
> (Nokian/Vredesteins)
> >>>> especially in our oddball sizes. I guess the winter tire production
> and
> >>>> then allocation to the US occurs late summer and when these tires are
> >> gone
> >>>> that is it until next year. This makes some additional benefit to go
> to
> >> a
> >>>> wheel upgrade to get onto normal size tires with the need load
> capacity.
> >>>>
> >>>> Dennis
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf
> >>>> Of David McNeely
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 11:41 AM
> >>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>>> Subject: Re: Vredestein Comtrac Winter tire
> >>>>
> >>>> tires-easy.com no longer lists the Comtrac M&S. I have looked for it
> >>>> from another source, but so far no luck in our sizes. mcneely
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 5:08 AM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The "C" in 195R14C does NOT stand for Load C.
> >>>>> That C stands for Commercial.
> >>>>> That C means the tire is meant for Commercial use.
> >>>>> Commercial tires can have various load letter ratings.
> >>>>> The letter load rating will be elsewhere on the tire.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I see that various websites show the wrong load rating for the
> >> Comtracs.
> >>>>> The correct load letter rating is on the tires.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Mark
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Dennis Jowell wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> David,
> >>>>>> I purchased my Vredestein Comtrac All Season 195R14C C/6PR from
> >>>>>> Tires-easy.com. Free delivery. Thanks Dennis for the suggestion.!
> >>>>>> Even though the m&s tires say " 195R14C "on the tire they are also
> >>>>>> rated "D" as per the sidewall for the extra weight our campers
> carry.
> >>>>>> Dennis J
> >>
>
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