GSA fought us on this every inch of the way. They had numerous meetings, bringing in people from all over. The docket is full of their letters. They made phone calls. They presented one excuse after another about why they could not buy retread tires.
Retreads are unsafe.
We have no specifications. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says we can't. The Administrator says we can't. We can't warehouse tires. There's too much variability in quality.