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Need to Educate, Persuade Customers
June 30, 2010
Would you remove safety items from a vehicle because the customer requests it?
I know this question seems ridiculous; of course you wouldn’t. This would not only be harmful to the customer and any of their passengers, but would ...
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State Exec Calls for GTE Support
May 17, 2010
Thank you for your editorial (First Off, April 2010) regarding the reinvigoration of our tire industry’s presence with the Global Tire Expo in the annual Las Vegas Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week.
I hope readers take note o...
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Letter to the Editor: Littlefield Appreciates GTE Coverage
April 26, 2010
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the Tire Industry Association (TIA), I want to thank you for your recent editorial concerning the Glob...
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Missed Communications?: TIA Government Relations Efforts Plain, But Perhaps Not Seen
December 15, 2009
It is difficult to express the disappointment I feel in regard to the recent letter to the editor from Alpio Barbara (TR, October 2009) concerning TIA and its government relations activities. He questioned our activities on a number of important legi...
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Lack of Support? Dealer Says ‘We Don’t Know How to Make Our Voices Heard’
October 13, 2009
I’m usually the type of dealer that sits back and watches as events happen in our industry. That doesn’t mean I don’t care, it’s just that as an independent dealer I don’t really know how or what I can do to change ...
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The 'Cold, Hard Truth'
July 31, 2009
Of all that I have read on the topic of the ITC 421 “witch-hunt,” your ‘Red, White and Gray’ blog is the best of the best.
No BS, no rhetoric, just the facts and cold hard truth.
As a major pl...
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Agrees to 'Walk the Talk'
April 15, 2009
I'm writing to comment on your “Walk the Talk” editorial in the March 2009 issue of Tire Review. Although I agree with nearly all of your monthly editorials, this one gets an A+ and deserves to be read by every person in the tire indust...
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Consumer Education Program Misunderstood
April 15, 2009
Jim Smith’s Viewpoints on NHTSA’s future consumer tire education program is certainly less hysterical than TIA Executive Vice President Roy Littlefield’s rant published by another trade journal. Unfortunately, Smith misses the po...
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Loves the Show!
February 13, 2009
Kudos and hats off to TIA and TMC officials for combining efforts to produce a show venue for the commercial trucking and tire industries. The two go hand in hand. It has been much needed since the demise of the former NTDRA and ARA. I noted that the...
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Article Important for Fleets
December 15, 2008
Dear Editor (Hi Jim),
I just finished reading Asa Sharp's brilliant "Side Benefits" article about the many benefits and importance of TPMS. It should be required reading by every trucking fleet –whether it is a fleet of on...
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Warranty Woes
December 15, 2008
Dear Jim,
Recently, I called nine different car dealers in the Boston area, acting as a retail customer with a tire problem. I was told by everyone of them that for any warranty issues they must go back to a tire dealer.
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Letter from Harvey
September 5, 2008
Jamie Kitman's article, “MG's Old Motto: ‘Safety Fast.’ MG's New Motto: ‘Get Me to Safety, Fast,’” in the October issue of Automobile contained a very derogatory and unfair mention about retreaded tires....
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