Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:40:48 PDT
Reply-To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: One Michelin MXT located...
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I think I heard that the MTX is not that great on the snow, that LTX is good
on the snow but is not the right load rating, and that the Michelin Agilis
61 is good on snow, is rated for M+S (like the LTX), and is the right load
rating (unlike the LTX). How the MTX and Agilis would compare on dry
pavement is something I have not heard - however the MTX is available in
205/70/14 while the Agilis is 185R14 (185/82/14), so you could get a wider
tire with shorter side walls on the MTX... still don't know how they would
compare on dry pavement in real life though....
>From: "W. Silva" <wsilva@CAPECOD.NET>
>
>Just put on a set of Michelins 205/70 R 14. They told me that this is a
>European tire name for the same thing as what a light truck tire (which is
>what my Yoko's were) the "R" standing for reinforced sidewall. They are
>listed for these vans, I can't remember what the load rate was, I think
>16??
>lbs, at 50 PSI. I don't know why you are having trouble finding them, my
>tire place called the distributer on Monday and I had them installed
>yesterday. They handle just like the Yokos, but a little quieter. The
>Yokos had a very heavy tread, good for snow. We'll see... OH by the way,
>if you buy 4 Michelins between 8/27 and 10/31, 2000 you get this nifty
>emergency roadside kit "worth $100.00", has a hard clase, spotlight,
>booster cables, air compressor, reflective triangle, breaker bar, slip
>joint
>pliers, slotted and phillips screwdrivers and a first aid kit! Pretty
>good!
>
>Just for the records, our cost $114.91 mounted & balanced, not including
>tax, here in Massachusetts-home of the "Pot Holes are Us". Hope everyone
>finds the tires of their dreams, whatever they may be.
>
>John & Wendy
>Cape Cod, MA
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