Mismatching Tires

[Nicholas Pinto <npinot@ix.netcom.com>]

From: NFWR40A@prodigy.com (MR DANIEL A IVANCIW)
Date: Fri,  2 Aug 1996 19:54:08, -0500
Subject: Discontinued Tire Info

- -- [ From: Daniel A. Ivanciw * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] --

I cannot find the original message from Nick, but he said something
about not being able to buy a tire because it was discontinued and that
now he would have to buy either two new ones or four because the old
ones are no longer available.

Well I cannot say this holds for all tire manufacturers, but Pirelli
told me that they keep factory stock of their discontinued tires in
case a customer needs a tire.  Back about a year ago I called the
Pirelli customer service number to inquire about some Pirelli P300
tires for a friend's car.  The tech guy told me not to worry about
Pirelli discontinuing a tire because they always keep a stock of their
discontinued tires at the factory in case a customer gets a blow-out or
otherwise damages a tire.  He said customers could order the tire from
any Pirelli dealer at the regular price, i.e. Pirelli does not charge a
higher price in such cases.  This sounds logical to me and is about
what I would expect.

He also told me that if I ordered a Pirelli tire that was discontinued
and Pirelli did not have one for me that Pirelli would send me FOUR
REPLACEMENT PIRELLI TIRES at no charge.  That I found hard to believe,
so I questioned him again, and his response was that Pirelli is
obligated to replace the tires and that it would not be a problem.

<<DAN>>

Hi Dan:

That was me and I bought some dunlops about 6 or 7 months ago and now I can't get a replacement and I've got Lime rock coming up. So now I have to buy 2 tires instead of one and hold on to the leftover and turn it into a planter?

It truly sucks, but this has happened to me before with Goodyear and also with the tires that come delivered on the car. ie: 1989 BMW 535! - Perilli's
1993 Audi S4 - Conti's, and even my 1985 Audi 4kq- I don't remember the tires.

This is a waste of good rubber!!!

- Nick Pinto