Trace, We had the first "Eurovan" tire discussion about a year ago..prior to your arival here on the list. As I recall the major part of the discussion centered around the "reinforced wall" tire required by VW (as well as equipped by VW). At that time I don't recall Good Year being mentioned as making a reinforced tire for the EV. I could be wrong. I replaced the orginal Contis (which were basically crap in all but dry conditions) with Michelin MXLs (which were also original equipment on the EVs. I bought the MXLs thru either Tire America or Tire Rack (one of those mail order places found in R&T). They cost about $80/ea, but took about 10 days to get because they had to be specially ordered from Michelin. The Michelins are far superior to the Contis. They are quieter, have good whet characteristics, and for those of us in the snow belt, are actually quite good in the snow (and god knows we've had our share here in New England this year). One point I do want to caution you on is the reinforced tire wall. Not one of the tire dealers I contacted could explain why I SHOULDN'T put on another set of reinforced tires. Their explanations ranged from "Doesn't matter"...to "use a higher speed rating tire"....so I chose to stay with the reinforced tire. I really don't want to find out why I need/don't need them with a load of kids in the van. Three things I don't skimp on for my cars....tires...brakes...oil...and good toys...oops four things I don't skimp on... :-)
Ric
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