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Date:         Sun, 5 Dec 2010 12:56:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tire vendors
Comments: To: MrNegNRG@aol.com
In-Reply-To:  <246a65.6f8ec169.3a2d4f2a@aol.com>
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Funny that - I've been driving daily on passenger car tires since 1992, many of them rated far below 98T, without any incidents whatsoever.

Currently running Continental ContiTouring CH95 on Dixie and just about to bolt up my Continental ExtremeWinterContact snows.

You don't have to believe Chicken Little...

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Dale Ward <MrNegNRG@aol.com> wrote:

> I was all set to go with the Generals until I read this. Check out the > pictures. > > _http://busdepot.com/details/tires.jsp_ > (http://busdepot.com/details/tires.jsp) > > > Dale Ward > Shrewsbury MA > Sometime LiMBO Club House Keeper > > > > > > > In a message dated 12/4/2010 8:34:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > > > http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=General&tireModel=Altimax+R > T&partnum=07TR4AMAXRTXL&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes<http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=General&tireModel=Altimax+R%0AT&partnum=07TR4AMAXRTXL&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes> > > As of now this is THE tire to get for stock size with proper load > capacity. > While it does not particularly excel in any one characteristic it is a > very > good all purpose tire that meets the Vanagon's requirements. The price is > also right. This is the perfect replacement for the original tires as > supplied on the alloy wheels at 1/2 the price of those Michelins when they > were available. > > Dennis >

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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