[Tigers] Tire choices for 13" LAT 70

[Owain Lloyd]

Vat is 20%.   Usually more than pays for shipping.
On Mar 4, 2014 7:11 PM, "Dave Munroe" <dave at munroe.ca> wrote:

> Hi Mark:
>
> Two things: I have spent enough time in Switzerland to know that it is
> likely one of the most expensive places to buy performance parts and tires
> in Western Europe. (NO better place on earth to wear them out on incredible
> roads tho' !)A trip across the border to Germany saves quite a bit of
> money, part by part  - tire by tire.
>
> Second: I bought a set of Minilites (5.5 and 6.0 x 15") and four European
> spec performance Yokohama tires from a company in Birmingham, England for
> less than $900 CAD. Shipping was extra and not relevant to this
> conversation because I got lucky and hitched a ride for them on a pallet
> shipbound for Halifax (my home town) which is a port city on the east coast
> of Canada. (Cheap!!)
>
> http://www.midlandwheels.com/Shop/P-2985-5.5-x-15-JBW-
> Minilight-Silver---5x108.html#
> (Scroll down to the sets of four wheels, tires, center caps and bolts.)
> Note the prices include VAT which is quite high - in the range of 15%+
> which is deducted from these prices.
>
> I don't know how much UPS charges would be, but I imagine quite spendy.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tire choices for 13" LAT 70
>
>
>  In that case Owain, I volunteer you to see how much a set of Falken Ziex
>> ZE-912 in 205/60-13" would cost to purchase and ship to the US from the
>> UK.
>> :>)
>>
>> My paternal family is Swiss and my cousins in Lucerne priced this for me
>> last
>> year, it turned out to be almost 220 Swiss Francs a tire, or about $1100
>> for a
>> set of four. That's almost two sets of Toyo Proxes RA1s...
>>
>> Bugz