Re: [T3] Are Kumho's the ONLY tires left?

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

I've just looked on the web and in the UK for 165 x 15 we have a choice of 5
tyres from £23 ($40) up to £63 ($100) incl tax and delivered here in the UK.
Some are T rated speed rather than the S rated of the original.  There may be
others, apart from the 'vintage' Michelin XZX at a steep price of course.

eg  Firestone  Summer tyres  F 560  165 R15 86T *     With mytyres.co.uk only £
34.20  (= $61)

I guess it might be harder in the USA as your cars are generally larger, but in
the past I was jealous of the cheaper prices quoted in the USA.

Their USA equivalent shop is http://www.tires-easy.com/start.html ; don't know
what the shipping within USA might be.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:36 AM
Subject: RE: [T3] Are Kumho's the ONLY tires left?


> Interesting, Im just surprised that Good year, Michelin, Dunlop and others
> no longer make this size.  They were used on many other foreign cars too,
> like the BMW and MG.  What do the Mexican Beetles (old style) use?  There
> are still a lot of those around south of the border.
>
> Keith

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