Date:         Wed, 6 Dec 2006 18:18:49 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes,
              I am still using a 22 year old tire
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I have been buying nothing but Michelins for my Vanagons and Syncros for
the last 15 years. Several trips across country,  a few up into Canada,
down almost to central America, no problems. I have also tortured them
on a hundred trips to Baja, no lie. A million pot holes, thousands of
miles of gravel and rock roads, not so much as a flat on the road, other
than a couple nails or screws picked up here and there and discovered
only while parked. Twice in just the last month I have run sections of
the Baja 1000 course for this year with my Syncros. Michelin LTX MS one
time, Michelin LTX AT the other.

Load C is the only way to go.

I currently have 4 Vanagons I use for trips of various sorts. All have
Load C Michelins. I also have a local use only hauler Vanagon with BFGs
but only because I got the wheels with BFGs on them dirt cheap.

Mark

Robert Fisher wrote:

> Funny, I know people that swear by Michelin (apparently including some
> folks
> on this list) but every Michelin I've ever had suffered a catastrophic
> sidewall blowout- two of them while parked on the side of the road, the
> rest
> while moving (which always makes things interesting), and on three
> different
> vehicles to boot. None of them were on my Vgon, but they were all light
> truck tires. I will not buy, own or run another Michelin and I'd rather not
> ride on them on somebody else's vehicle if I can help it. A 100% failure
> rate is a little much.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>