T3: Fw: Is it entirely possible to get tired of the tire tirade...?

["Larry Sanford" <lsanford@pahrump.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jake Kooser <jake_k@ibm.net>
To: type-3@umich.edu <type-3@umich.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: Is it entirely possible to get tired of the tire tirade...?


>Just for a real-life example of the savings the Tire Rack offers,  I
>used to have a '66 Mercury Comet that I changed the stock 14-inch rims &
>tires to 15 inchers on.  I wanted to use BF Goodrich T/A's, so I started
>calling around for prices.  The nearest place I could find - 45 miles
>away in Parkersburg, WV (I was in Athens, Ohio at the time) Montgomery
>Wards wanted $125.00 Per tire for a 205/60-15.  Up north, 65 miles away
>in Columbus, Ohio, I could get the same tire for $100.00 at Tire
>America.  I called the Tire Rack and they quoted me a price of $69.00
>per tire.  They UPSed them to me the next day.  I just had to have them
>mounted and balanced locally, cost me around $6.00 per tire.  Big
>savings to be had, even more if your buddy works at the local gas
>station with a tire machine.
>
>Jake Kooser
>
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