Date:         Sun, 13 Feb 2000 20:19:40 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Continental Tire woes
Comments: To: "~K~" <maddie@INTERLOG.COM>
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What are you driving. Vanagon or Westy?

In either case you don't want a car tire on there. You want a tire with a stiff
sidewall.

Last fall I got rid of the automible tires on my "88GL and replaced them with
Michelin MLT 205R14's.
I think the new Michelin Agilis tire would be a good one. But make certain you
have a tire with a strong straight sidewall....something that truck tires have
but most automobile tires don't. And you want at least 6 plys in the tire, with
it wrapped up the sidewall for extra strength.

Good luck.

John Rodgers
"88GL Driver

~K~ wrote:

> O.k. I'ts been mentioned to me that Continental tires are problematic.
> So..i'm opening up the can of worms. Can people let me know their experiece
> (good or bad) with them? I need to know ASAP to see if i need to replace
> them (and yell at my mechanic).
>
> thanks..
>
> ~KaReN~