Tire Availability (was Re: Matching tyres in the UK)

[DMCVegas@xxxx]

I was wondering this question myself earlier, so I figured that there 
might be others out there wondering the same thing. With talk of 
Yokohama slowing down/cutting production, I was a bit worried about 
tire availability for matching sets. Surfing around the internet for 
the past hour, I've been to a few tire manufacturer sites. If Yokohama 
were to cancel tire production, there wouldn't be a problem finding 
new tires to fit the D. Although I do admit that I would sorely miss 
the Yoko's! From what I've seen, the Dean Cheetah Touring G/T's don't 
look too bad. A close match so far appears to be the Nitto NT-460 
Premium Touring. A friend of mine though highly reccomended the Cooper 
Cobra's from past expierience with his cars (all non-DeLorean). 
Personally, I don't have any reccomendations for tires at this time 
other then the Yoko's. Just listing some of the other options 
available.

-Robert
vin 6585



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, loweryd@xxxx wrote:
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>I also called Yokohama 
> (800-722-9888)and they said that they indeed "slowed down" 
production 
> of the AVS Intermediate and that they will replace that tire line 
with 
> another sometime this year.
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