I've settled on a set of 295/75/16 BFG A/T's on dark
grey teflon coated alloys for the effie, that was the easy part.
Now I'm told there is only a single tyre available in the country and the next shipment is due mid August. Aaaaaaghhhh
Not sure how accurate this is, but the story is that several US plants have been closed and now there is a shortage of stock.
What a ridiculous situation!!!! Reminds me of the story of the old man and the hot dog stand reproduced below.
"An old gentleman owned a hot dog stand. His hot dogs were famous for blocks and blocks, maybe even
miles and
miles. People loved his hot dogs. He had a couple of people working for him and advertised in all of the local papers. He hired kids to put signs on poles and he even made calls on groups of people to encourage them to stop and try his hot dogs.
Once people tried his hot dogs they were hooked. Business was good, so good in fact that he was able to open a couple more stands and put his son through college.
One day his son came home and begin to talk to his father about what he had been learning. "There's a recession on out there pops." The
young man said. "You'd better stop spending so much on advertising, and let some of your help go."
"But business is good son." The old man defended.
"Sure it is now, but you'll see there's a recession on and you'd better get ready." His son replied.
The old man considered what he had heard and considered the amount of money he had spent for his son's education. Finally he decided that perhaps he should cut back and wait for better times.
After he stopped advertising, cut some of his help and closed one of his stands his business began to pull back dramatically. In reaction to the downturn he cut advertising even more and tried to run the stand by himself. To make matters worse, one of his old competitors built two new stands in the old man's territory.
"Lucky I had my son to warn me", thought the old man. Eventually his hot dog business failed.
His son had been right--there was a recession on."