Another one for Sears/Michelin 155/80/13 Not XZX, though.
http://tinyurl.com/cxf9x
Pa
----- Original Message -----
From "PETER SHULL" <pdx.pete at verizon.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:13 PM
Subject: Blue Air & Bugeye Tires
> Just this evening, as the sun began its descent towards the West Hills of
> Portland, Oregon, my neighbors noticed a faint blue tinge in the air
around my
> partially-open garage door.
>
> Earlier, in the late afternoon, I'd made a feeble (but totally
unsuccessful)
> attempt at installing the driveshaft in my newly-acquired BE. Knowing that
I'd
> been beaten I opted to divert my attention by engaging in another project,
> namely attending to the one perpetually flat tire on the right rear of the
> car. Turns out said tire is a rotten, old, weather-checked Michelin X. As
in
> dead. Useless. Now, the rest of the tires on the car are damn fine looking
> Michelin XZX 165 SR 13 and I'm thinking that all I need to do is find one
> replacement XZX and there'll be one fine set of tires on the car.
>
> ERRRRRRTTTT. Wrong. Seems they're no longer made. Smaller versions (145SR
13)
> can still be had at places like Coker Tire for a lot of money. Larger
versions
> (165SR15) can also be had at places like Coker Tire for a lot of money
plus
> some more money.
>
> Of the 697 or so listings currently on eBay under "Michelin" there are, as
> best I can tell, the sum total of zero for anything that remotely
resembles an
> XZX.
>
> So, eventually I will need to find one (1 each) Michelin 165SR13 XZX if I
wish
> to complete my starter set of BE tires.
>
> Perhaps a more immediate need is a fresh supply of Anglo-Saxon expletives.
I
> seem to be running out.
>
> Thoughts?
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