The price on the Sumitomo's went up $2 each since yesterday :-(. Shipping
is about $6 per tire. I've checked locally - nobody has anything that will
fit. If I drove a Chevy Suburban or a John Deere I'd be all set, but for a
Spridget tire I have to go at least 100 miles.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From <JARplanner at aol.com>
To: <refisk@chartermi.net>; <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Bugeye tire choice
> Rick
>
> Make sure you figure in shipping cost for an actual cost of the tires. I
too
> was looking at the Sumitomos from Tire Rack, but shipping from their
nearest
> warehouse to my location added about $60 to the cost of a set of 5. Ended
up
> at about $50 per tire (still not a bad price for hi-perf tires).
>
> I checked out several other on-line tire & wheel places and found one
located
> about a 1/2 hour drive away. They were a little started to have someone
want
> to pick-up the tires, but hey! my money was good. So you might want to
check
> for another distributor located nearby.
>
> Ended up with Falken 185/60HRx13 for $37 each, including local tax (this
is
> Kalifornia after all).
>
> Jim Rogers
> San Juan Capistrano
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