Ari...And I suppose you'd have done a lot better after only hearing the
word once, whether the mechanic pronounced it correctly or not (which he
did not, nor could he spell it for me)?  Maybe if I add an additional 500 K
or so of useless junk to my sig. it will help? ;-] (What? Me defensive,
nooo!)

At any rate - now that we all know how to spell the name of the tires, does
anyone have any experience, personal or otherwise, with this brand of tires.

I can get them locally from TC Tire, out the door, for a total price of
$387.48.  This includes mounting, balancing, free rotation, etc.

Thanks,
Derek

> At 2:01 PM -0400 5/18/02, Derek Krueger wrote:
>>Hello All -
>>
>>The mechanic (Good Carma, Mpls. MN) I took my new Westy to for initial
>>inspection suggested that I upgrade my tires from the MXTs I
>>currently have to something called Verettastine (sp?).  Now, I have
>>never heard of this brand of tire, nor could I find anything in the
>>archive or online w/
>>searches using multiple spellings.  Does anyone have any experience
>>info on these tires?
>>
>>The mechanic runs them on his Vanagon, and claims they are great
>>(7-ply, minimal road noise).  I think I will save for Agilis.
>
>        Someone needs either better pronunciation or listening skills.
>
>        That would be >>  Vredestein  << a Dutch tire maker.
>
>        Apparently makes high load index "Transport" tires in sizes to
>        fit Vanagons and other (eurostyle) vans and trucks ...
>
>        See http://www.vredestein.com/english/index.html
>
>
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