In a message dated 1/30/01 9:12:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, derekdrew@rcn.com writes:
> For the record and the benefit of the archives, the Michelin caller said > the direct Michelin replacement for the MXL tire that was stock on the > Vanagon is the MXT, which is a reinforced passenger car tire with 836 > revolutions per mile. (Hey!, that's even slower!--Derek) He said you could > order these replacements by ordering Michelin part number 73568 and that > they had them in stock, but not a huge number of them. > > For the uninitiated, the list wisdom is not to buy any passenger car tires > anymore, but at replacement time to try to shoot for light truck tires. You > can often tell these because they go up to 50psi. If your new proposed tire > goes up to, say, 40psi this is a hint that you may be buying the wrong > tire. So in any case, the advice of the list and my personal experience > would suggest that one not purchase these MXTs offered as replacements for > the discontinued MXLs. > Why do you conclude this about the MXTs? I wouldn't use them for an off-road Syncro, but for the vast majority of 2WD van and Syncro staying on the highway, where do you find them defiecient? Jim
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