Marc,
It's a good thing you don't run 17 or 18" tires as my hair almost fell out
when I asked a sales guy how much the tires are for a new Vette. He said
about 250 per. Yikes!!!!! And those tires don't last all that long as a
neighbor of mine can attest. His hair already fell out :)
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Sayer" <marcsayer@home.com>
To: "Roadster list" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 3:41 AM
Subject: Tirerack.com
> This week my wife had a tire fail on her Volvo. We had been running
205-65-14
> tires on the stock 5.5x14 steel wheels. They were a huge improvement over
the
> 185-14s the car first came with but they were still not as high
performance a
> tire as either of us would have liked. She likes the look of the stock
steel
> wheels with the center caps and trim rings, what can I say, and that
limits our
> selection of tires. She also drives pretty hard (not your typical Volvo
driver)
> so we really needed some high performance tires. But we live in Oregon
where it
> is often raining, so the tires had to work well in the wet too. After a
bunch of
> research we decided on the Firestone (yes I know, but there's more to that
story
> than meets the eye...) Firehawk SH30. We wanted a 205-60-14 because of the
rim
> limitations, and 14" tires in those sizes are not all that common. Most
places,
> including America's Tire/Discount Tire had almost no selection, and what
they
> had was crap. In that size the Firehawk was by far the best tire for our
> purposes, but it was hard to find. I called around locally and no one
could get
> me the tire for at least 4-5 days and the best prices I got were high 70s
to low
> 80s. Tirerack had them in stock at $60 and they delivered them by Fed Ex 2
day
> air for $28 for all four tires. I had problems with their website but that
may
> have been because of the security settings on my computer. So I called
then
> instead and they got me taken care of right away, and the tires arrived at
my
> door two days later. Anyway, for my money Tirerack did good and I just
wanted to
> pass that along. :-)
>
> BTW, I'll let folks know what I think of the tires after a few months and
some
> serious Oregon rain, but from all accounts they are supposed to be great
> high-performance all-weather tires. They are even supposed to do fairly
well in
> the snow. The only thing good I can say about shopping for 14" tires is
they
> sure are a lot less spendy than the 16" tires I buy for my 280ZXT.
>
>
> --
> Marc Sayer
> 82 280ZXT
> 71 510 2.5 Trans Am vintage racer
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