[T3] Tires

[Keith Park]

NEXEN is the wal mart brand, Ive heard bad things about these tires on
modern cars... but take her out, make sure the tire pressures are right and
see if you can make a sharp turn at 50...  :-)

Let us know what you think, maybe on our cars they are better.

Keith


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93 RX7 "Redstur"


-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Soren
Jacobsen
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 4:13 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Tires

On Nov 5, 2012, at 5:27 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> I did a lot of research on tires last summer, Nankang is the worst choice
> out there right now, and if you found Kumho's in the stock size you found
> some OLD tires!  Watch out... they haven't been made since 2008 and you
> state may have rules about not touching tires that are more than 5 years
> old.
> 
> Federals are a good choice, and cheap.
> 
> The Kumho's are excellent tires tough so if you can get them and get away
> with it go for it!  I looked EVERYWHERE and couldn't find any!  Does that
> shop ship tires??

I doubt they'll ship tires.  They're a national chain and they have a
separate mail order (well, internet order) side of the business:
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/

Unfortunately, they seem to only have the Kumhos available at the brick and
mortar stores, and I see that there are none in New York.  Time to make a
road trip, maybe? :)

I ended up ordering some Nexens for the Variant.  I still haven't been able
to find out much about them, and I don't have the highest of hopes, but
they're bound to be better than the ancient tires it's currently sitting on.

Soren
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