RE: Those who have put car tires on their vans are really happy, those who haven't are waiting with bated breath for some tire-related carnage. Hasn't happened yet. As a matter of fact, because of my ignorance, I ran passenger tires for about five years on my '85 Westy. Result was really crappy handling, sway all over the place in any wind, two sidewall separations and just damn lucky I didn't have a blow out. I though I had an all new vehicle when I finally got the right tires on it. And no longer waiting for a set of the Hydro Edge Michelins to blow out, we already have an example here in the NW, one of our local Westy drivers. He got lucky, was able, after a big hassle, to get the Michelin store in Santa Cruz to replace it under warranty but they made it very clear that that tire was not supposed to be on a Vanagon. |
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