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godner

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Post by godner »

When I was a kid , my summer job in 79 was driving the new cars from the ship dock to lots for disbursement around the country. I never forgot the Fiat spider, and last year I bought a 78 with just over 109000 km. My dream car! But why, with so many owners of old Fiats is it hard to get Perrelli tires for it?
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Post by RRoller123 »

Nobody wants to produce 13" tires because the overall demand is quite low. Lots of us change to 14 or 15" rims to get better tire availability, among other reasons.
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Your car is a: 1980 Fiat Pininfarina Spider 2000 F.I.
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Post by 4uall »

a 2 sec GOOGLE search yielded me some 13" tires on their US site soooooooooooooooooo yes :wink:

http://www.pirelli.com/tire/us/en/car/s ... _edge.html this was the first winter lol

GOOGLE is your friend :mrgreen:
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Post by spiderdan »

Winter pirellis' on a Spider Jay? How Canadian :lol:
Pirelli quit making the 13 inch "P400"s about 10 years ago. Had one of the last sets but they only lasted 2 seasons.
I had "Michelin X"s on my car when I bought it, great tires, but Michelin also left the 13 inch market about the same time as Pirelli. Michelin is now back in the 13" market. Yesterday I ordered a new set of Michelin Defenders for the Spider. Should be in next week.
http://www.michelinman.com/tire-selecto ... 0/13/tires
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Post by ga.spyder »

Nice that Michelin is making a 13'' ,but a 800 treadwear rating? Wow! That will make rocks feel squishy :lol: They should definitely last a while,though
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