Date:         Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:05:55 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes,
              I am still using a 22 year old tire
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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love those "scientific" reports.

no mention of actual tire size, rating, model.

Alistair


On 6-Dec-06, at 5:58 PM, 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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Busch" <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes, I am still using a 22 year old
tire


> RE: One after the other, the Michelins blew out.One at a blistering
> 65mph
> on
> rt 95( heading home from a junkyard,full of booty).All 4 destroyed in
> about
> 3K.
>
> Roger, I think we would all like to know the size and model of the
> Michelins
> that gave this kind of performance.....