Date:         Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:03:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: yokohama y356
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I've got them on two vans and like them.  The GL has C rated and the
Westy has two D rated and two C rated.  I run them around 50 pounds of
pressure.  They are smooth, seem to last a long time, quiet, and secure.
I'd sure like to try some Michelin Agilis just to see if there really is
a difference.

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> George Goff
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:23 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: yokohama y356
>
> In a message dated 9/24/04 12:46:54 AM, Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM
> writes:
>
> << and even on dry pavement they still did not instill
> confidence. >>
>
> Andy,
>
> If you want to experience some lump-in-your-throat lack of confidence,
pump
> up the pressure to 65 psi on a set of Y356's mounted on a Vanagon and
take it
> for a spin.  The time I used Y356's, I had them mounted and an
alignment done
> at a front-end shop I had never used before.  Since Vanagons are so
rare where
> I am, whenever I take a van to a shop for the first time, I talk to
the
> mechanic to let him know that Vanagons are a little different from
what he usually
> sees.  So, I mentioned to the front-end man that the van's tires
required more
> pressure than most cars and that they were rated for 65 psi max.  He
must have
> misunderstood what I said because he pumped them up to 65 psi, front
and rear.
>
> The first hundred yards after I pulled away from his shop I
thought,"Wow!
> What a difference new rubber makes; the steering is so light".  That
thought
> soon changed to,"That SOB is trying to kill me!!!"  The rest of the
way home, all
> I had to do was to only think about changing direction and the van
would be
> on the other side of the road.
>
> George