Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:41:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Miguel Winterpacht <wntrpcht@MC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Miguel Winterpacht <wntrpcht@MC.NET>
Subject:      Re: New Michelin EV Tires
Comments: To: "Leong, Norman" <norman.leong@LAMRC.COM>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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A few weeks ago I searched the tire rack they have a Michelin MXT
Reinforced in a 205 70 14, I've no idea what they look like or anything
(new or old).
I ordered a set of Pirelli P400 non reinforced for my 89 Wolfsburg Ed.
So far I'm happy with the way the feel and handle in the rain. (75mph+)
Where I live on a hill my snow tires would start to spin as I turn the
corner, and the P400's don't.

Take care, Miguel

Leong, Norman wrote:

> Ric said:
>
> >told that the MXL reinforced tires were no longer available. Michelin
>
> is
> >replacing the MXL with a tire called the Agilis. If you are
> interested
> in
> >these tires the stock number for the EuroVan is 99128.
>
> These are nice tires; I don't know the gory details (mainly because I
> haven't looked closely at the sidewall), but they should be at least
> the
> equivalent of the MXL, if not better.  I bought a set of 4 of the
> Agilis
> from Tire Rack and as I recall they ended up being about 90-something
> bucks, which I thought was pretty reasonable.  I've not mounted them
> yet because I'm still waiting for the belts to pop through the tread
> ;)
> I'm impressed with those MXLs; I'm pretty sure we're going to clear
> 50K miles on the original set.  :)
>
> BTW, the 205/65/15 Agilis is the OEM tire on the soon-to-be EV VR6
> and they were pretty quiet and handled well, maybe even for late
> braking
> freeway offramps...   ;)
>
> Norman