Jefrem Iwaniw wrote:
>
> On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Loren Williams wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > Yeah, availability. It seems that almost all of the tires that we want
> > these days, especially new models, are out of stock.
>
> Nexus are becoming "out of stock" because Yokohama has discontinued
> them in favor of their new AVS sport. That's why prices have been
> slashed (by about 50% since this time last year)...
Yeah, I heard they were discontinued. Struck me as odd since they're a
fairly new tire.
Performance tire unavailability seems to run deeper than that, though.
This spring, when I was shopping for 16's, my choices for 205/50-16's
were very slim. Ended up going with AVS Intermediates. Really wanted a
set of those much cheaper Nexus tires!
Recently I ordered a set of P-Zeros only to find that they are also
univerally backordered and possibly discontinued in 15" sizes.
Kumho's are still in short supply in a lot of sizes, as are several of
the other popular tires.
It must be a communist plot to break our will by taking away our
favorite leisure activity.
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