You are missing nothing!!  Go to the tire store and have them installed.  No
problems.

You are exploiting no one....it is called the global economy.

Adam Puzerewski
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Schmitz" <djs@gene.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 3:44 AM
Subject: [VANAGON] Buying tires from Canada...

> Just a thought, but with the current exchange rates so favorable to us
> here in the States, would there be any advantage to purchasing a set of
> tires from, say, Canadian Tire or Sears in Canada?
>
> Would I be subject to duty or some sort of tax? At US$1 = CN$1.50,  a
> $400 set of Michelin MXT's or Yokohama Y-370's would only set me back
> about $270. That's almost enough difference to consider planning a trip
> to Vancouver BC, always a neat place to go during the summer anyway! I
> could drive up there, buy new tires, save a bunch of money, and have a
> small vacation all at the same time. The difference in tire cost could
> almost pay for the gas!
>
> Am I missing something? Should I feel guilty about exploiting the
> relatively strong US dollar by using it to purchase tires up north? Is
> it this kind of consumerist attitude that contributes to the rest of the
> world labeling us "ugly Americans?" (they're just tires, after all)
>
> I don't want to offend anyone, least of all the nation of Canada. But a
> favorable exchange rate is a favorable exchange rate! One must be
> practical, especially when one drives a vehicle for which cheap,
> garden-variety tires simply will not do.
>
> Dan