[6pack] A little story about Coker tires

[Larry Young]

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On 10/13/2020 5:05 PM, auprichard at uprichard.net wrote:
>
> Just for what it’s worth…..
>
> When I bought my TR5 from Charles Runyan’s estate, it came with 15 
> year-old tires.  They had little to no wear, and drove fine, but I 
> decided I should do the right thing and replace them if I was to take 
> loved ones out for a drive in the car.
>
> Since there was only one manufacturer to choose from for redline 
> tires, I bought 4 tires from Coker, through Discount Tire.  Not cheap!!
>
> I put them on the car and there was a terrible wobble around 50 mph.  
> I took them back twice to Discount to get them balanced, but the 
> wobble persisted.  Finally, I took them to an old guy (well, older 
> than me) in Detroit who boasted he had balanced wire wheels for 40 
> years.  He told me the tires were so out of true they could not be 
> balanced.
>
> I took them back to Discount Tire and they called Coker.  Coker 
> refused to take them back unless they fell outside certain 
> specifications.  The Discount Tire shop didn’t really know what Coker 
> was talking about, but went through the process and sure enough, the 
> tires all fell outside the specifications.
>
> So the good news is, Coker will take them back.  The bad news is, 
> Coker has no redline tires and doesn’t know when they will have more, 
> if ever.
>
> So my plan is to put new tires, not redline, on the car and keep the 
> redlines I have if ever a buyer wants originality or the car is shown.
>
> Andrew Uprichard
>
> Jackson, Michigan
>
>
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