Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:15:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Gilliland Fliers
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Mike B. wrote:

> At 10/23/2006 11:55 AM, dicconf wrote:
>
>> $155 for a tire?  What is it, one of those new titanium-belted radials?
>
> Either you haven't been to a tire store lately, or you are driving
> something where the pedals go around and around...
>
> The Michelin radials for my Jeep Grand Cherokee were a bit more than that a
> couple of years ago.  Not bargain basement tires by any means, but I figure
> my life is worth a few bucks, and they certainly perform.  On a dollars per
> mile basis they aren't all that expensive anyway...they have a 65,000 mile
> warranty.

The last time (early 2005) I bought a steel-belted radial for my Saturn
station wagon it set me back $72.  Maybe you don't shop around enough,
Mike.

-- Dick Eney