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Date:         Sun, 4 Dec 2005 23:13:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Hans Achter <hansachter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Hans Achter <hansachter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: tire sale at Summit Racing
Comments: To: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@COMCAST.NET>
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Thanks for the tip, Mark. Strange though, the web site only lets you order one. Like they have only one left. -Hans

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Sayer" <marcsayer@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 8:48 PM Subject: Re: tire sale at Summit Racing

> Hey folks, I'm not selling tires, just passing on a sale I saw while > shopping for something else. > > I do not know anything more than what I shared. Call and ask Summit for > more details. Vanagon folks have spoken well of these tires and I saw > the sale so I thought I'd share in case this might be a chance for > someone to save a bit on a tire that works well for them on their > Vanagon, assuming these are the current TAs and are not out of date or > whatever. > > From the Vanagon.com website > >> The tire pressure 40psi front, 48 rear seems to work well. >> >> Don Johnson <mailto:zsyncro@hotmail.com> writes: " I really like my >> BFG/ATs (215 75r15). I do run them at 50psi front and back. This is my >> second set, and the first set I ran to about 40,000 miles. I like the >> ATs because they have a nice edge to them and won't round off like I >> have seen other tires do (like the Goodyear Wranglers). The ATs give a >> very positive stable ride for me, this may be due in part to the 7" >> rims I use. >> >> One final comment, the ATs in the later stages of wear can become >> noisy on the highway, but they still maintain their stability and >> their nice square edge. The square edge is especially nice off road >> because it really grabs the ground. " >> > And > >> "Absolutely the best tire is the BF Goodrich All Terrain Radial KO for >> all around use. Even the Germans say this about their Syncros. You can >> see this on their web sites. The tire is quiet and excellent in every >> terrain but serious mud and handles very well. Basically, there is >> little to no downside of having it." >> > > From the BFG website > > http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/bfgapp/catalog/tires/allterraintako.jsp > > And from the Tire Rack site > > http://tinyurl.com/8sd9r > > Now y'all know as much or more than I do. :-) > > -- > Marc Sayer > Journalist, Photographer, Dog Trainer (APDT member #062956) > Board member - Western States Great Dane Rescue Association > Director of Operations & Training - Deaf Dane Rescue Inc. > Springfield, OR USA > > My Homepage - http://gracieland.org > > Deaf Dane Rescue Homepage - http://gracieland.org/DaneRescue/ > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/189 - Release Date: 11/30/05 >


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