Date:         Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:35:57 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Tires, '91 Syncro Camper
Comments: To: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
In-Reply-To:  <BE3EAB39.8759%camper@tactical-bus.info>
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I have had Agilis 61's on my van for a few years now. Very good in rain 

on pavement, not good in snow or ice. Ok on snow with cable chains. 
Much better with studded Hakkepleittas.

But I can recommend the Agilis for a long wearing and very tough tire 
for most uses.

Alistair

'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/

On 20-Feb-05, at 8:01 PM, jimt wrote:

> On 2/20/05 8:41 PM, "vanagon teepee" <vanagonteepee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> I had noticed the Tire Rack comments about people feeling that they
>> were sacrificing traction with the Agilis, and you mentioned that
>> "...as with all commercial grade tires, all weather is just not
>> done..."
>>
>> The Agilis 61's on my Syncro are stamped M+S (mud and snow) which is
>> all I need to get by the CHP chain control checkpoints  -- without
>> chains.  So they seem pretty "all weather" to me, but am I missing
>> something?
>>
>>
>
> Mud and snow tread is more aggressive and does not wear well when used 

> on
> normal hard surfaces.  These are normally used only during the snowy 

> times
> of the year and then changed off for a "normal tread" tire.  "all 
> weather"
> usually combines the tread patterns and tread material needed to get
> traction in all seasons with some sacrificing in that they aren't 
> quite as
> good as a "mud/snow" tire.  It is difficult to design a tire for all 

> weather
> and the sidewall/tread characteristics of a load rated tire.  Load 
> rated
> tires are normally termed "commercial" tires in the smaller sizes like 

> ours.
>
>
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> jimt
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