Mike,
I have been VERY happy with the quite and smooth rolling Yokohama Y356's I put on my Van from the Tirerack at $74 each. I went with the load rating "D" which has an even stiffer side wall. Any Wal-mart will mount these for you for about $10 a tire. You don't have to buy your tires at Wal-mart to have them mount them for you!!!
Since I don't drive my van in the winter, these are the perfect solution for me.
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of mike Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:27 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: End of tire thread
Vanners,
Well, the left rear tire saga is over [3 gone in 3 months].
I pulled the tire and found a non repairable slit on the edge of the tread/sidewall interface.
Found the serial number on the tire I pulled, it was on the inside tire wall. Built in 99.
So it's new tires for me. Hankooks from a local dealer. $585 for 5, ouch.
If the left rear tire goes again you'll all know, and you won't need a computer to hear the scream of agony.
Mike |
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