Date:         Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:24:10 EST
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Discount Tires (and Snows!) for Vanagons / Vredestein vs.
              Hakka
Comments: To: vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM
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In a message dated 12/17/04 1:18:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM writes:


>
> Be aware, however, that there are a few different Vredesteins that have high
> load ratings, and they are not all the same. In a 185R14 non-snow radial,
> for example, they make both a Comtrac and a Sprint+.  According to my
> contact at Vredestein technical support, the newer Comtrac is a much better
> tire than the Sprint+ in all respects. The Sprint+, although still
> available, is an older design.
>
>

BTW, people keep mentioning 185's...  185's are fine for steel wheels but
..IIRC  the alloys require 205's..   am i correct?    reason i ask is that a
friend of mine just bought tires for his carat with the factory alloys...he
ordered michelins from tirerack.com  and they sent him 185's..  they told him that's
all they had...(which is total BS)  i told him that the alloys require 205's
but he mounted the 185's on his carat alloys anyway...  so how will his van
handle now?? (it used to have 205's on the carat alloys)

chris