Date:         Sun, 29 Nov 1998 01:13:39 EST
Reply-To:     SyncroHead@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Davis <SyncroHead@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Infamous tire question.
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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In a message dated 98-11-27 10:19:38 EST, wolfsburg@CENTURYINTER.NET writes:

> It was late last night when I posted the message on Vanagon.com.  The
>  tires I have are Michelin XH4.  They have a 80,000 mile warranty.  And
>  yes,  I do have 69,300 miles (approximately 70,000 miles) of wear on
>  them.  I have 139,300 some miles on my 1991 Vanagon Carat.  The first
>  set of tires were Michelin MLT's which were the factory tires.  I got
>  70,200 miles from them.

Maybe it was late again when writing that, but I believe your original tires
were Michelin MXLs as were the ones on my van.  I've never heard of an MLT.

Also, this thread started by saying that the Michelin MXT was no longer
available. This is not correct.  Most tire stores don't list them in their
guides because they are almost exclusively used on Vanagons.  Get the tire
dealer to call their distributer and inquire about MXT tires.  I had several
dealers (5 of 6 I contacted) tell me there was no such thing, but had to admit
they learned something after calling the distributer.
I paid just over $100 each including balancing, mounting, and tax.  Another
list subscriber, Mike O'Mara (omaramik@GTE.NET) got Costco (Price Club should
be same) to order a set and was able to only pay about $79 each, plus tax.
Mike reported the Costco item number is: #66044.

>I am a firm believer of rotating tires every
>  7,500 miles and changing oil and oil filter every 3,333 miles.

Hmmm?  I usually get over 10,000 miles on each change of tire oil.  I rarely,
if ever, change the tire filters.   :)

Regards,
Jim Davis
PS - don't let the joke about the tire oil fool ya, the remainder of the
message is serious.