Actually, Bridgestone purchased and now owns the Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company. Both brands have tires made in multiple locations throughout the
world. Think of it as GM selling Cadillac's and Chevy's.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Karl Wolz
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 7:41 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Sears Stops Selling Suspect Tires

I thought so too, until I read the press release from Sears in my newspaper.
Yay, multinationalism.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: Sears Stops Selling Suspect Tires

> >"CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sears, Roebuck and Co (S.N), the nation's No. 1
> >tire retailer, said on Friday it stopped selling certain Bridgestone
> >Firestone tires for sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and pickup trucks
> >after fatal crashes linked to tire failure prompted a government review.
>
>
> Bridgestone Firestone? These are totally separate tire companies. The
> former is Japanese and makes some of the best, as well as some pretty
> average, tires. Firestone is I believe American, and makes mediocre tires
> for mediocre cars; in the wet the old Cavallino "Sport" was a
> eye-opener...and a bit of a sphincter-opener too!
>
>
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin, New Zealand
> VW & mollusc nut
> 1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide
> 1975 Kombi derelict ex 3.6 Toyota V8
> 1984 Caravelle 3.8 Holden V6
> 1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD)
> 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel
> 1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel
>