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At 6:25 PM -0500 11/24/97, Dan Hirth wrote: > I did hear this from Michellin, regarding the XZX model. Perhaps it > was just a clueless sales person. > >I think everyone likes Michellin because of the high treadware ratings. >But I >don't find this critical on a light weight VW. > >Dan I have one of my new ones sitting right here in my living room (hey, that's better than the gas heater I had sitting on the dining room table for a month or two!!!). The sticker on it says... Michelin XZX Passenger 165 SR 15 The Michelin part number is 27433, and there's a bar code that reads 86699 27433. The receipt from my local tire shop (Discount Tire) calls it an "XZXT". The sidewall on a new-looking tire that was on the '69 when I got it apparently split open randomly... made in Yugoslavia. Who knows... -Greg '69 & '71 Squarebacks '63 Beetle