Pirelli's Re: alfa-digest V8 #81

["Timothy Leigh Rodgers" <timothy@domain.elided>]

Which Pirelli P6000 did you find?  Indirectly I've ordered the  High
Performance195/60HR15 for my spider from the Tire Rack.  They had to get
them from Delaware as they are in short supply and have none in their Las
Vegas warehouse. Costs 10 bucks extra per tire for shipping.  I was also
considering the Yokahama AVS Intermediate but, even tho Yokahama ends with a
vowel, my spider would be unhappy shod in non-Italian tires!

Pirelli also makes a P6000 Sport Veloce in both an H and a V rating--but
these are listed as a Grand Touring All-Season tire rather than High
Performance.  Apparently these are easier to find.

Timothy
in Santa Barbara
'79 F-12 Alfa Van
'92 Alfa Spider Veloce
'71 Giulia 1300 Super (with 1600cc engine)
'80 Harley Wide Glide
'55 Chevy Bel Air
'89 Jaguar XJ40
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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 22:33:44 -0700
From: Robert Abatecola <robert@domain.elided>
Subject: Pirelli P6 availability (was Re: Autoweek vs.originality)

In AD V8 #80 Carscribe@domain.elided wrote:
>  Pirelli must have been anticipating this, as you can now again get new
>  Pirelli P6 195/60/15 tires again finally at www.pirellip6.com. No need to
>  bother coker, who's in Michelin's back pocket anyway.


I was hopeful about this but when I tried to call local Pirelli
dealers, none of them knew anything about the P6 or P7
(www.pirellip7.com) except that they were "discontinued a long time
ago" at best.  One was kind enough to give me the phone number to
their Pirelli supplier who told me that the P6 is available in a very
limited range of sizes in the US, none of which were 195/60/15.

It doesn't matter to me at this point since I couldn't wait any
longer and settled for P6000.  In case it helps someone else though,
does anyone have access to 195/60/15 P6s in the US?
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  -Robert Abatecola
   1985 GTV6
   1987 Spider Quadrifoglio

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