Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:52:42 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
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That's cool!!! Nitrogen displaces the oxygen that would normally be
present under pressure and which speeds oxidation or rot of the rubber.
BTW, what is "sipeing service?"
Regards,
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
rubatoguy@comcast.net wrote:
>I have XCA tires on my Westy and agree 100% with John's experience.
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>Interestingly, I was at America's Tire Company getting a pucture repaired and noted they offer a sipeing service for tires - however they did not reccomend doing so for the XCA tires. However they did fill all my tires with Nitrogen!
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>Todd
>'88 Westy
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>>When I bought both of my vans - first a 1985 GL then later a 1988 GL,
>>both had passenger car tires. Both vehicles were as squirrely on the
>>road as a tailess kite on a windy day. I bought Michelin MXT's with the
>>stiff sidewalls for them both and I can't even describe the improvement
>>in handling. Today - with the demise of the MXT, I run Michelin XCA
>>205-75R14 Load Range C 8 ply tires. Rated for 65 psi. I run 55 psi in
>>the tires for best tire wear under the loads I put in it. These are
>>truck tires, from Michelins commercial tire line. The tread is not
>>agressive, and on wet pavement uder some circumstances the driving wheel
>>on the ground will slip. It is not a problem for me. I'm aware of it,
>>and drive accordingly.
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>>Regards,
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>>John Rodgers
>>88 GL Driver
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>>Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
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>>>--- Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote:
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>>>>Your Vanagon is a car, Larry.
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>>>My testimonial is that when I bought my 91 syncro westy, it had passenger tyres
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>>on it. The was
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>>>very squirmy on the road, especially corners and cross winds. When I switched
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>>to LT tyres, it
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>>>handled much better, to the point that when my PO mechanic drove it, he thought
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>>that I'd re-done
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>>>the suspension and added anti-sway bars. LT tires made a big, positive
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>>difference in my (and
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>>>larry's ?) 5,000 lbs syncro westy. Malcolm (Halifax)
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