Date:         Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:16:14 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Tires still...
Comments: To: JAIME E FORERO <jforero@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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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.


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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"