Tire Rack Rant

[Rokas Reipa]

In that case, I would just lie and give them a model for which that wheel
fits...It's all legal bs designed to save their asses anyway.

Rokas
93 100s RIP

> Why?  I'll tell you -exactly- why.  Tire Rack lists virtually no
> wheels that they claim fit the 200q20v- and the Borbet Type C is one
> of the wheels they claim doesn't fit(naturally, if it's not on the
> list of wheels that DO fit, it couldn't POSSIBLY fit!), even though
> Greg Amy, Neil Swanson, and I know damn well it does.  I could name
> at least half a dozen wheels that listers know fit the 200q20v, but
> aren't listed as fitting.  When I want to see what various wheels in
> the 5x112 etc are available+look like, I generally just put in some
> model year A4.  It's amusing that even between the various years of
> A4's the selection changes.
>
> The conversation I provided was one of two- the first was earlier in
> the day, when I was told the Borbet didn't fit my car, and by the
> way, would I be interested in the house brand(?!) wheel?  Gosh, the
> sales rep thought it was a really sharp lookin' wheel, and he had
> just sold that very wheel to someone with a 200q20v a few days ago
> and they loved it?
>
> I fired up the browser and looked at the wheel he was recommending
> and claimed would match my tastes if I liked the Type C.  It was a
> hideous looking 18" chrome-plated, jagged-spoked wheel.  Uh huh,
> that's really like the silver painted straight-and-flat-faced spoke
> Type C...
>
> Brett
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