At 12:39 PM 3/15/2009, JAIME E FORERO wrote: >Well I suppose one has to be very well fine tuned to know and feel a >great difference in performance between tires. After I bought my 91 >Vanagon GL and had to buy my first Not necessarily...Dutiful Passage ('85 Westy) wallowed like a duck when we first had it, some kind of Generals on it. Replaced all the shocks with Bilstein, no difference. Put proper reinforced Michelins on it -- thanks to this list -- and passenger no longer had to grab for the handle every time we went around a corner. Quit blowing out the rear sidewalls, too (two separate incidents in two years, call me a slow learner). Last time I got tires for it (Agilis 81 I believe) I remember the shop guy bringing one out saying "These suckers are amazing!" They weighed a *lot* more than what the shop was used to, and the sidewalls were remarkably stiff.
-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star "Scamp" |
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