Re: 15" Pirelli UHP sale at tire rack!

[audidudi@delphi.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>> Yep, older design, but I'm very happy with mine...the four on my car..the
>> six stacked in my house and the 3 I've got on order.
>> Current set has seen 3 track days...and over 14,000 road miles and I think
>> I can get through another 5K miles and maybe Lime Rock with them....TAKE
>> THIS ADVICE THOUGH: THEY ARE DISCONTINUED..
>
>I'm not sure about this.  Pirelli no longer maintains local country stocks,
and 
>there is no fixed production plan.  I've been told, however, that Pirelli will 
>continue to make "batches" indefinitely as long as demand continues, albeit at 
>a low level.  I asked the UK's Pirelli distributors what that meant, and they 
>said that delivery lead times could be as long as six months.

At the risk of being pedantic, isn't a six-month lead time for getting a
tire effectively the same thing as being discontinued?  ;^)

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