A local tire store just sold and mounted four new Kumho 205/65-15
tires on my '90 300D 2.5 without batting an eye. Must be Costco or
it's manager. It's certainly not a national law, and not an OK law
(pun intended).
On 3/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the link (worked for me) -- BTW, while at Costco I was checking
> tire prices in my size 195/65-15 (91 300D) and he said they now only carry
> Michelin ($120) and BF Goodrich ($78) - they used to carry many more
> brands - I asked about going with a 60 aspect ratio and he pulled one of
> each size so I could see the difference. Then, he said, we are only allowed
> to install the size specified by the manufacturer - which for me is the
> 195/65-15.
>
> Since when did we need a mandate to tell us what tires to use? Were there
> stupid people trying to fit 145/80/14s to a 560SEL? And they sued someone
> when they didn;t quite work out?
>
> Our politicians must have entirely too much time on their hands if this is
> the kind of stuff they're debating. IMHO of course.
>
> Or, is this another one of those laws to protect the vast population of
> truely stupid people? or is that stooopid?
>
> Talk about the dumbing down of the population --- maybe I'm being too
> picky -
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D 243K, Rattled
'87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car
'81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car
'78 450SLC 67K, brown car
'97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go
