I on the other hand under stood Frank as America's Tire Store is a tire
store chain here (in I guess only So Cal), heck we even have one close
by in Lancaster, Ca.

Karl Wolz wrote:
>
> Well whack me upside the head with a two by four!  <g>
>
> I kinda got the same message out of your original post.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Grunthaner" <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: My Recent Tire Buying Adventure
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > I see that you totally missed the point of my polemic! America's Tire Co.
> was
> > the local dealer!!!. 12 blocks from the house in Pasadena, CA on Colorado
> > Blvd. to be sure.
> >
> > I was trying to alert the list to the fact that there was no advantage to
> > going internet, in fact a cost penalty. So, to repeat the last part of my
> > message, The local dealer was 23 to 35% cheaper than the internet price.
> The
> > other local dealer was in San Fernando (20 minutes away).
> >
> > Just too subtle at times!
> >
> > Frank Grunthaner