Stupidly expensive tyres.

[Ext User(Fraser Johnston)]

My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it cost
$760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my GTR.
Ridiculous.

Fraser

[Ext User(atec77)]

Fraser Johnston wrote:
> My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it cost
> $760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my GTR.
> Ridiculous.
>
> Fraser
>
>
Did it hurt him much (fisting)

[Ext User(Uncle Bully)]

Subject says it all really...

[Ext User(The Red Krawler)]

> My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it cost
> $760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my
> GTR. Ridiculous.

Thats the premium you pay for a poser status symbol.

Bet the $250/corner tyres for the GTR perform better too ;)

[Ext User(Fraser Johnston)]

"The Red Krawler" <redkrawler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it cost
>> $760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my
>> GTR. Ridiculous.
>
> Thats the premium you pay for a poser status symbol.
>
> Bet the $250/corner tyres for the GTR perform better too ;)

Probably. They are 20 inch runflats on the X5. 335s as well. Wide as
hell.

Fraser

[Ext User(Toby Ponsenby)]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:28:52 +0800, Fraser Johnston wrote:

> Probably. They are 20 inch runflats on the X5. 335s as well. Wide as
> hell.

<chuckle> undoubtedly they 're runflats because the stupid profile IS
flat to start with.
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Toby.
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[Ext User(zonie)]

BMW is short for Big Money Waster.

[Snoozin]

My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it cost
$760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my GTR.
Ridiculous.

Fraser
Yep, my mate had to put 4 tyres on his at a similar price.
Tyre place was no help "Gotta go to the dealer for those, we carry nothing in that size"

[Ext User(Kev)]

Snoozin wrote:

> Fraser Johnston Wrote:
>
>>My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it
>>cost
>>$760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my
>>GTR.
>>Ridiculous.
>>
>>Fraser
>
> Yep, my mate had to put 4 tyres on his at a similar price.
> Tyre place was no help "Gotta go to the dealer for those, we carry
> nothing in that size"
>
>


I remember the few cars that had the Metric size wheels back in the mid
80s, Ford had them on the LTD and BMW also had them on some 5 series

problem was there were only two brands of tyres available in Australia
for such a small market so you can imagine the prices, around the $300
each, in 1990 that was certainly not cheap, I was at the Caltex in
Samford where they were fitting new tyres to a 5 series at $1800 for 4
of them, purchased from BMW who imported them especially for their cars

Kev

[Ext User(Dan---)]

"Fraser Johnston" <fraser@jcis.com.au> wrote in message
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> My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it cost
> $760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my
> GTR. Ridiculous.
>

Must have some gold pieces in the belt radial.

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Regards
Dan

[Ext User(Just JT)]

"Fraser Johnston" <fraser@jcis.com.au> wrote:
> My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it cost
> $760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my
> GTR. Ridiculous.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Why do you care? Because you'll get LESS INHERITANCE from the old fart?

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[Ext User(tlai909@visto.com)]

The only thing that beats that is stuff like Pirelli Corso types at
$900+ a tyre.

It was cheaper in fact to get them from Tyrerack in the US and have
them couriered in!

[Ext User(Fraser Johnston)]

"Kev" <kevcat@optunet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Snoozin wrote:
>
>> Fraser Johnston Wrote:
>>>My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it
>>>cost
>>>$760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my
>>>GTR.
>>>Ridiculous.
>>>
>>>Fraser
>>
>> Yep, my mate had to put 4 tyres on his at a similar price.
>> Tyre place was no help "Gotta go to the dealer for those, we carry
>> nothing in that size"
>>
>>
>
>
> I remember the few cars that had the Metric size wheels back in the mid
> 80s, Ford had them on the LTD and BMW also had them on some 5 series
>
> problem was there were only two brands of tyres available in Australia for
> such a small market so you can imagine the prices, around the $300 each,
> in 1990 that was certainly not cheap, I was at the Caltex in Samford where
> they were fitting new tyres to a 5 series at $1800 for 4 of them,
> purchased from BMW who imported them especially for their cars

XJ40 Jags ran a metric wheel. It was cheaper to buy new wheels and tyres
than the metric tyres.

Fraser

[Ext User(Fraser Johnston)]

"Just JT" <JohnnyThor@Hotmale.Com> wrote in message
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> "Fraser Johnston" <fraser@jcis.com.au> wrote:
>> My father in law blew a tyre on his X5. Had to get a new one and it cost
>> $760 dollars. And heres me thinking $250 a corner was expensive on my
>> GTR. Ridiculous.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Why do you care? Because you'll get LESS INHERITANCE from the old fart?
>
> --
> ItsHisMoneyHeCanBurnItHoweverHeLikes

Heres an idea for you. Get fucked.

Fraser

[Ext User(Scotty)]

"Kev" <kevcat@optunet.com.au> wrote in message
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> I remember the few cars that had the Metric size wheels back in the mid
> 80s, Ford had them on the LTD and BMW also had them on some 5 series
>
> problem was there were only two brands of tyres available in Australia for
> such a small market so you can imagine the prices, around the $300 each,
> in 1990 that was certainly not cheap, I was at the Caltex in Samford where
> they were fitting new tyres to a 5 series at $1800 for 4 of them,
> purchased from BMW who imported them especially for their cars
>
> Kev

A mate had an older Beema that had something like 15 1/4 inch rims. The
Michelin tyres that where speced for that car where that bloody expensive
that he managed to buy a full set of 5 alloys and decent rubber for the same
cost as the 15 1/4s.

GO figure eh