Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:41:19 -0700
Reply-To: Brendan Slevin <totorovan@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Brendan Slevin <totorovan@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Snow newbie needs snow tire recommendation
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Oh and since Totoro has no shelter from the elements, I usually run a small
cheap space heater on very low overnight when it's bitterly cold out. Keeps
it bearable in the morning and keeps the battery nice and warm too. I tried
the heated dipstick, but it didn't seem to help at all.
Brendan
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:
> And do get all 4.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike Elliott
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:50 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Snow newbie needs snow tire recommendation
>
> So I hear. Just gotta find some here in Bend.
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus -- NOW SOLD TO THE BUYER OF OUR HOUSE
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 8/27/2008 1:49 AM Jeffrey Lubin wrote:
>
> > I'm in the Nokian crowd too:
> >
> > Nokian Hakkapeliitta CS
> > Size: 195R14
> >
> > It's a great all-weather tire.
> > Love 'em
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike Elliott wrote:
> >> Now that we've moved to Bend, Oregon, we are looking ahead to when, not
> >> many months from now, we will need to give our cars new shoes. Mrs
> >> Squirrel is still without car since her Volvo sedan's computer
> registered
> >> that the transmission was due to fail. so we sold it. In the meantime,
> >> she's putting around town in Mellow Yellow (my 84 Westy).
> >>
> >> We're from SoCal where that white stuff that falls from the sky simply
> >> doesn't happen so I have never needed to look into the subject of snow
> >> tires. I looked at Larry Chase's Roadhaus page to see what tires others
> >> have found to be good, but I couldn't easily tell which of them were of
> >> the studded snow tire category.
> >>
> >> The local dealer (and employer) is Les Schwab so I reckon it would be a
> >> fine thing to buy from them.
> >>
> >> Could someone more familiar with this subject take a look at the
> >> offerings
> >> from Les Schwab here: http://www.lesschwab.com/tires/winter.asp and
> >> advise
> >> a Pretty Good Tire?
> >>
> >> (Note: I just passed the written (actually computer) test to get my
> >> Oregon
> >> driver's license. It was from a 16 year-old kid sitting next to me in
> the
> >> waiting room that I learned that studded snow tires are not legal here
> >> from April 1 to November 1. Good thing he knew that, it was on the
> test.)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> >> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus -- NOW SOLD TO THE BUYER OF OUR HOUSE
> >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> >> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> >> KG6RCR
> >>
> >
>
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