FWIW, BF Goodrich (makers of some of the best off-road tires around) has
been owned by Michelin for about 10 years.

Don't know about the country code, though.

Why are we so passionate about tires???  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

----- Original Message -----
From: Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: ANOMOLY ALERT-Michelin Tires

> At 07:45 PM 05/11/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >re:  UniRoyal and is making junk tires in the US with the Michelin
> >name on them
> >
>
> It is not BS. It is a single case of a set of 5 tires with which I have
> personal knowledge from specific inspection, followup and verification. I
> know it is only prudent to verify what you are buying before you buy it,
> now even with Michelin, due to empirical evidence on hand.
>
> If you wish, I will ask the owner if he will allow me to give you his name
> and phone number so you can discuss it with him.
>
> More and more in this neo-world of raw capitalism product brands are being
> downgraded, and once well earned reputations are being used to sell JUNK
at
> windfall profits.
>
> When I saw the problems with the young tires, and heard that the Michelin
> dealer would not honor the warrenty, I searced the web for Michelin. I
> picked Michelin off a dogpile.com reference and what poped up. UniRoyal
> USA. Then I got to check with some tire dealers and several confirmed to
> me, "Yes, UniRoyal is now making tires in the US with Michelin logo, and
we
> won't carry them anymore because of the problems."
>
> Why did I expend so much effort to get the facts? Because this is a good
> repeat client and when he needed tires, he asked for my opinion and I told
> him, "Look for the Michelin name and know you are buying good value."
> T.P. Stephens
> San Juan Island, WA