Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (August 2008, week 4)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:41:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Brendan Slevin <totorovan@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Brendan Slevin <totorovan@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Snow newbie needs snow tire recommendation
In-Reply-To:  <31E9DE721464464799B5B37AA5EF4203@MASTERPC>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

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 > >> > > >


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.