Douglas:

PLEASE be careful of the load range of whatever tire = you end up with.  Regular passenger tires are not built to handle = the load of the Vanagon.  If that BFG tire you have has a maximum = inflation pressure of 35 psi or less, chances are that it is a = passenger tire and really shouldn't be used.  Look for a Load = Range C tire (or LT  - Light Truck)

As to using mix & match tires, there's really no = big problem AFAIK (except in a Syncro) as long as they all are rated to = handle the load.  You may get less than ideal handling = characteristics, but I doubt any safety problems.

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Demarest [mailto:Dldemarest@AOL.COM]=
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 2:09 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: slashed tires, used tires
>
>
> So I'm still driving on one of the tires that = got slashed in
> Mexico, about
> 3,000 miles ago.  Everyone says this is = dumb, and I agree. 
> But the rest of
> the tires are in ok shape.  I priced new = michelin LTX at $470
> for a set,
> installed.  Then I thought, hey, couldn't = I just get one used one?
>
> Obviously this isn't ideal, but how stupid is = it, really?  Do
> I need to match
> it closely to the ones I have?  Or is it = enough that the
> sizes printed on the
> tire match? I already have one odd tire that = used to be my spare ( a
> Continental).  The other 3 are michelin = XZX.  I found a
> single BFGoodrich (no
> model name that I saw) 185 R14 for $25.  = It had almost full tread.
>
>
> Doug Demarest
> Minneapolis, MN
> 86 Vanagon "kombi"
>