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Date:         Tue, 9 Jul 1996 08:40:16 PDT
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From:         "Shawn Wright" <SW@smus.bc.ca>
Subject:      Re: Tires

On 8 Jul 96 at 20:55, Joel Walker wrote:

> >They have some Continental CR21 tires for $53. The man said they are > >reinforced. Has anyone ever tried these? All other reinforced tires I > >have found start at about $70. > > my personal experience, over the last 26 years with buses and Continental > tires is that Conti's suck. if your alignment gets even a tiny bit out, > the tires take a "set" and will NEVER recover, not matter how many times > you get the alignment reset. i'm NOT a big fan of Continental tires. :( > > and yeah, $70-80 is about what the other reinforced tires cost. :( > I'd have to second that - although the current Conti CR91 (I think) on my '88 seem *ok*, they're nowhere near as tough as the Yokohama I have on the front. I've had two Conti's blow up on me on previous VW/Audis, both due to broken belts. I've never seen this on any other tire.

For load rating and durability on *very* rough roads, I'm quite impressed with the Yoko 378 Load Range D 195/7514 (specify load range D, since they also make a 'C')

Shawn '88 Westy 332k (Kyra) '85 Jetta TD 350k (Jenni)


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