>Not to start a tire thread BUT if you are looking for a high >performance vanagon tire Pirelli maskes a 215/65-15 >reinforced tire in it P6000 line. I breifly consideredthem >over the Agilis 51's I am running in the same size... but I >yeilded to the Michelins because the Pirellis are a summer >only tire (OK if you live in California though Ben) What do these Pirellis cost over there? I hate to think, but may need such tires eventually (haven't looked into tires yet, but there are certainly low-profile performance tires available for heavy cars, and mine's not a camper, thank dog). Pirellis are generally far superior to Mushelins, which are mainly basic Froggish rim-protectors (better-than-average tires, but that's far from a compliment to Michelin). Here in NZ only an ice/snow tire is a winter tire; all others are all-season. Fortunately, as soft winter tires are NOT good for grip on dry or wet roads. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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