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 Post subject: 16" taller (new) winter tires in Edmonton
PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:31 pm 
Somehow completely sideways in 4th

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Not sure anyone knows, but I left Benz Jan 2, started as parts manager at a struggling Hyundai dealership Jan 3rd (yes my first day was a Saturday).
Some day I'll write at length with a dozen or so screen captures, of why MercedesBenz is *the* most broken, dysfunctional company in the history of companies, and believe me, I can make a compelling argument.

Anyway, just like it was at Benz, the previous purchaser's eyes were bigger than their mouth, or something. Anyway, we have a lot of overstock tires...again.

The two that stand out are:

235/60r16 Semperit winters have 8
225/70r16 Continental performance winters have 8

& also
215/65r16 Semperit winters have 4

These are pretty practical sizes, and arguably somewhat premium positioned brands, so I can't give them away- close to $140ea on the bigger ones, and only a bit less on the smaller ones, but if you're local, I will personally mount & bal for free, so I don't have to look at them for another year. Last time I posted someone asked if they were studdable. The Semperits are.
The Conti's are a fairly close to year round tread pattern- more of a "freeway winter", the Semperits are a bit more of a true winter, though both are snow-flake-rated on the sidewall. The Semperits are directional., the Conti's are assymetric.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:52 pm 
Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Best of luck with your new adventures. Too bad all my rims are either 15's or 17's...

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:33 pm 
Somehow completely sideways in 4th

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Location: edm
I think I can sell all the 15's we have, and we have exactly 2 of 17's of any kind sumer, winter etc. Just coincidence- we have a couple sets of 18's and will actually need to pick up a few 17's- 215/45r17's, mainly.

Thanks for your best wishes- my choice entirely, and the first time I ever paced it out, worked my 2 weeks, did the beers afterwork thing with by ex-coworkers. A sign of "maturity" I guess... had previously always walked out in the middle of a work day or stuck with things until animosity grew going one direction or another.
When I say struggling, I refer mainly to stats like the fact that over half the inventory hasn't moved in 6 months... a result of a mix of purchasing so bad it beggars belief and a lack of sales I'm trying to get my head around- have we p***sed off that many customers, or just not got our name out there, or what...? A big factor is a General Manager who is a supersalesman, but has no background in accounting and the nitty gritty of the parts and service business... and he's been taken advantage of...


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:58 am 
Vmax 200mph w00t!

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I think Hyundai is gonna turn around in the next 5 years, That Genesis Coupe almost has me wanted to buy one and I thought I would never want a Hyundai!

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