David Kao writes: > > 185/75R14 XZX reinforced is what I got for my 84 vanagon. The cost was > about $58 each from Price Club here in Sunnyvale California. > > These are excellent tires for vanagons but do not last as long as those > original Michelin reinforced tires came with the car. The original tires > lasted nearly 60k miles. The XZX has less than 40k so far but I can see > that they need to be replaced soon. > > > David Kao > Ok Ok these are the same "mystery" Sears tires that I got for about $60 bucks each. I think the catch that these are NOT 185/75SR14 ^ | | and hence are not speed rated. I don't know why you'd need speed rating on vanagon tires anyway, certainly not for the speed. John Huguenard
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