Miata Mailing List: January 1998, Message #96
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From: 	"John Freas" <jfreas@gte.net>

Subject: Re: RE71's-Got 'em!

Date: 	Thu, 1 Jan 1998 20:08:34 +0000



Previously on RE71s, Tim Pederson <pederson@horvick.com> said...



>    After reading a lot of posts on the Bridgestone RE-71's, I decided to

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> get a set. I looked up the price on the Tire Rack web site, and was =

> ready to order a set from them. I called around to get  couple prices =

> locally. Tires Plus wanted $150.00 each! I then called the Firestone =

> shop. Four 195/55-14s, mounted, balanced, tax included-$361.00. Happy =

> camper.



Pretty good deal.  I've been going through the same search here with less

success.  One place wanted $132 each, the other two said "They don't make

them in that size".  One place was closed by the time I called, and one had

to check on the price and get back to me.  All in all I'm not holding my

breath.



That said, I really need tires, so something's going to happen in the next

couple of days.  I figure I'll probably end up buying them from Bill (Tire

Rack isn't a miata.net vendor, and neither is NTB) and bite the bullet for

mounting them here.

 

>    I can hardly wait for summer. (North Dakota is no place to be driving

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> a light, rear-wheel drive auto when there's a 4 x 4 in the garage...)



Aaah, lightweight.

:)



	-John



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Red '90 Base-ish #7690

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