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Old 01-02-2008, 06:48   #21
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But I do remember trying to find tyres for the Saab 900 we had in California. They were 390mm diameter. Only one brand, one model, one size available. $266 a tyre PLUS mounting and balancing. And of course since they were an odd size and on aluminium rims, the mounting was $60 a tyre.
Good old TRX wheels. The odd set comes up on ebay for a huge amount of money stating "Rare!! You hardly ever see these on cars". Yeah, because the last tyres for them were made about 1990!

Last time I bought new tyres I got a good discount. As it happened we needed a few at the same time, so rang round all the local places with a list:

8 Morris Minor tyres
5 Saab tyres (not metric!)
4 Metro tyres (Metric!)

Took two cars and a pile of wheels down and left them there all day.

Something like 30% discount

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Old 01-02-2008, 17:59   #22
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Thinking of using this as an opportunity to change wheels for CSL ones ( mine have a few small corrosion marks on them ) , thinking it over
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