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Date:         Mon, 8 May 2006 07:42:35 -0400
Reply-To:     ------------- <VW4X4@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         ------------- <VW4X4@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: yokohama super-van tires no longer available?
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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I think it needs to be said that a all-season tires are neather a good performace tire OR a good snow tire but a compromise of both. Further more the life of the tire can be out lived in a specific application. If you dirve at all in snow, get snow tires. The vanagon needs them.

The Bus Depot wrote:

>>I had a similar experience with Yokohama tires. They lated >>less than 20,000 miles and had only average handling >>characteristics. I've switched to Michelen Agelis'. I have >>about 15,000 miles on them and lots of tread left. The van's >>handling characteristics are much improved. But these tires >>are not cheap. Be prepared to pay for what you get. >> >> > > >The Michelin Agilis is an excellent tire, but as you said it's expensive. At >$75 each, the Hankook RA08's will give you Agilis performance without the >Agilis price. I used them for nearly ten years on my own Westies before >seeking the company out and arranging to carry them because of my own >positive experience with them. They actually outperformed the Agilis in the >head-to-head comparison in the German press. Like the Agilis (but unlike the >Yoko's and Conti's; the latter of which are erroneously listed as all-season >on tirerack's site), the Hankooks are all-season tires, not just summer >tires. > >There have been many reviews of the Hankooks posted on this list, the Type 2 >list, and TheSamba. All are positive (unlike the Yoko's and Conti's, which >have had both proponents and detractors), so it's not just me saying this. >Check the archives. > >I have a detailed page explaining Vanagon tire requirements in general, as >well as the tires that we carry, at http://busdepot.com/details/tires.jsp . > >- Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > www.busdepot.com > (215) 234-VWVW > >_____________________________________________ >Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT > > > >


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