Date:         Wed, 17 Jul 2002 22:03:37 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon
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>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