Posted By: blownEFI
For Christmas I want Mickey Thompson to make good! - 12/25/08 05:00 AM
M/T 3788R Drag Radial
They've adertised it in their catalog since Jan. 2007 and I've seen full page ads in various magazines ever since... they're still advertising it even now but to this day have yet to produce a single tire.
I ordered a set in August 2007, was on backorder for 15 months until Summit finally called me and told me they are cancelling all backorders for this tire because it has become plainly apparent that the manufacturer has no intention of ever producing it.
And yet they continue to advertise it.
Posted By: bonefish
Re: For Christmas I want Mickey Thompson to make good! - 12/25/08 06:54 AM
mabey they spent all their money on advertising
Posted By: 2boltmain
Re: For Christmas I want Mickey Thompson to make good! - 12/25/08 01:16 PM
Is an alternative available? Maybe Hoosier or BF Goodrich? Hard to believe an icon in our hobby can be like that. I have heard that during the past decade M/Ts quality has been goin down.
Posted By: ProSport
Re: For Christmas I want Mickey Thompson to make good! - 12/25/08 03:45 PM
M/T is extremely popular right now, they make a good slick and they make the best drag radial tire. Hopefully they don't get hurt by the fact that the NHRA is only allowing Goodyear tires.
Posted By: blownEFI
Re: For Christmas I want Mickey Thompson to make good! - 12/25/08 06:06 PM
I posted this on Yellow Bullet and got this reply from someone that works at Mickey Thompson, let's hope he's right:
Quote:
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Let first tell you that i'm sorry for the delay in production of this tire. We at M/T got thrown a curve ball with the new DOT reqirements and had to
recertify all of the current tires in production.
But to answer your question the will be avaiable first quarter of 09
Call me i can steer in the right direction to get some.
Thanks for choosing M/T
__________________
Tom Kundrik
Motorsports sales and support
Mickey Thompson Tires
330-686-3514
tkundrik@mickeythompsontires.com
Team Hinzman And
Team North
7.182 @200.47
Posted By: rtstreet
Re: For Christmas I want Mickey Thompson to make good! - 12/25/08 07:29 PM
I know Tom and he is a good man. I will call him after the holidays and get the low down.
Posted By: Cab_Burge
Re: For Christmas I want Mickey Thompson to make good! - 12/25/08 10:07 PM
What size is tire # you posted?
Posted By: bad360rt
Re: For Christmas I want Mickey Thompson to make good! - 12/26/08 12:29 AM
M&H has a 345/35R18 DR. They're currently out of stock, but they are making/selling them, a friend of mine has a set.
http://www.mandhtires.com/store.php?crn=70&rn=380&action=show_detail
