Hi everybody, I need tires badly!! my westy was purchase with almost bald tires (in the middle-overinflated) in the rear. (Juliper or something - load C) and cheapies in the front (probably dangerous) Now I tried and tried to do this without bringing up the tire subject, I really did! I've researched the archives, visited various tire company web sites and phoned local tire dealers. I can't get the Y370, that once seemed the tire of choice. And I don't seem to hear anything definitive about these Y356's (or 354's according to that poor Yokohama web site) I have heard about the Michelin LTX M/S, but everyone happy with these?? what to those cost? Now here's a GOOD question: Why do I rarely see any discussion about the continental contacts???? I'm guessing they must really be terrible, but that's the only tire (according to the books,rules,etc) suited for the vanagon. I had a tire dealer tell me, "the vanagon was designed around the continental." Right. . ., you all know the vanagon was really designed around the auto-repair industry and that's just a line of bull from someone over-stocked with continentals. Or is it? THe "tire selector" options on the Yoko and Michelin websites don't show anything they make for the vanagon, and that makes me nervous!! One would think they would push whatever is close-enough.. I am not going to spend over $400 on MTX's. Forget it. I'm poor. Yesterday I shelled out $58 for a Oil breather tower, today I'm hoping to get that silly chrome window molding installed by someone, that is, if I can get it to start! sorry for the ranting, but I've been trying to SMARTLY select tires since March and everytime I try to sit down and do this I hit a brick wall (mostly due the the recent discontinuing of the Y370's). All insights on this will be helpful. I'm sure other tire company options are out there, too! Please share all the reasons ($, ratings, noise, versitility, availablity, etc,etc). Thanks Brian Cochran seattle,WA 84 westy ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com |
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