[TR] TR3 Tire Sizes

[William Brewer]

Hi Harold,
      My apologies from rubbing you wrong on this one. I am an easily  
satisfied customer.
      Stating it more clearly, I was looking to see if there were  
less expensive good quality tires available because the Michelins  
seem to be getting too high priced. The local guys want $140 apiece  
for Michelin XZX's mounted and balanced. The Kumhos (made in China?)  
seem questionable to me and a far-eastern tire on a Brit car just  
doesn't seem right.  I just thought that someone on the list might  
know a less expensive route for a quality tire. I found out the Coker  
has Vred's at a favorable price.
      There appears to me to be an automotive food chain out there  
with the tire guys in my small town diving in the shallow end of the  
gene pool. I wish that we had a quality wheel and tire place we could  
trust, but we don't. It is becoming a lost art, for wire wheels  
especially.  If it ain't a pick-em-up truck, these boys won't know  
what to do with it. The only thing lower here is the oil change guys  
(kids). The last time I used them for my wife's car, they used an  
impact wrench (?!?!?) on the oil drain plug and stripped it. They  
used a generic low quality filter. I should have done it myself.
     I haven't revisited the Brit car wire wheel/tire dilemma for  
about 4 years now and am looking to the list for good advice. I am  
proud that I have worn the tread off of my Michelins. About 40,000  
miles in 4 years for the toy car.

      Bill Brewer
      Tehachapi, CA

Message: 6
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:36:07 EDT
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Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Tire Sizes
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
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I Find the e mail listed below rather troubling.

1. Complaint the last set of quality tires were more than they would  
like to
spend. ( I suspect the tires gave excellent results )

2.  Quoting a low price for a tire (only, no install ) that is out of  
stock
then complaining in  # 3.

3. Calling the shop who can get the obsolete size tire and install it  
at a
reasonable cost  " buffoons ".

Seems there will be no satisfying this person, reminds me of one of the
reasons why I closed my shop 10 years ago.

I suspect when a low cost tire is located complaints of poor quality  
will
surface.  How do I know the tire at Tire Rack is out of stock?  I'm  
looking for
  a
set for a older SAAB.

Harold

  To: triumphs at autox.team.net


>       I am back to the perennial question of tires and tires sizes for
> a TR3. My last set were Michelin 165-15's that were more expensive
> that I would have liked. The only 165-15's that I find on tirerack.com
> are Kumhos for $32 each. The local tire buffoons what
> $65 each for the same Kumhos mounted & balanced. My best friend says
> use Vredesteins or something like that. Another TR friend got a set of
> Cooper Metrics.
>
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