>From: "david knight" <daveknight327a@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: IML: wider whitewall tires
>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:55:56 -0600
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>In my quest to find a reasonably priced tire with a wider whitewall I
>ultimately chose the Yokohama Dimension IV based on the words of several
>members of this group, price, and looks. On Sunday I noticed a new set of
>tires on a car parked in front of the local auto parts store that also had
>a noticeably wider whitewall. The brand was Champiro GT and since I had
>never heard of the brand before, I found the owner of the vehicle and asked
>about them. He said that they seemed to be pretty good as far as ride and
>handling and he paid about $250 for the set with balancing. I called the
>dealer and he quoted me about $280 for a set of 235 75 R15's which I
>believe would be a close match for most Imperials and other large cars.
>The whitewall is about 1.25" wide which seems to be about about twice as
>wide as most whitewalls these days.
>My question to the list is if anyone else has heard of these tires and if
>there are any comments. I found at least one website for the tire company
>which was bilingual and showed several of their other models that had even
>more Spanish sounding names than Champiro so I suppose they may be imports.
>Comments?
>
>Dave Knight
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