Why are tyres in oz so expensive

[mybb]

i spent in the realms of $40k on parts overtime from the states for my jeep. Order from Oz and pay double the price and think yourself lucky if you get the parts within 6 months. Same things imported from the states was sometimes under half the price and was generally delievered within the week.

Australia even make a great set of diffs for the jeep (rockcrusher). At the time that I was after them, you had to get them from the US anyway. Go figure.

I have never had problems with orders or deliveries from the US so I would have no hesitation in buying direct from US.

There may be a lot more people in the US to sell to but this is a global economy and it is easy to buy and sell all over the world these days. Its not the 50's (even if thats when most the busa guys got their bike licences)