quote:Originally posted by A Hudson:
Didn't it have two sets of wheels? Another bonus.
Yes, it had a nice set of 17" wheels with good rubber marked "not for street use".
The car carrier wouldn't take them. I spent about a day in Knoxville trying to ship those back to myself in Canada, but was unsuccessful for various reasons. And once I got back home, I learned that I cannot import used tires anyway.
Rather than ask the seller to have the tires unmounted and go through the hassle of boxing the wheels and shipping them, I gave them back to him. I like the look of the original wheels, and I don't need the higher-performance wheels for the track like he did. And finally, the car was a good deal even without the extra wheels, so it was a way of sharing my good fortune with him.
The karma comes around anyway. A few days after I told him he could keep the wheels, I learned that because of the car's age I don't have to pay 6.1% duty on the Canadian dollar equivalent of the sale price. That saved me roughly the same amount as what the wheels are worth.