well... have had a series of different tires in my 76, 86, and 88
vanagons... mostly michelins, but don't remember the exact models... just
got my 89 syncro westy last month... it came with Michelin MX 14"... have
only been off-roading twice since I got her and they actually seemed to work
better than I had expected.  But bear in mind that I'm almost never in
slippery situations here.  Rocky, uneven terrain, yes, but water is rarely a
problem... round beach rocks and sand are the more common difficulty.  The
MX obviously wouldn't be my tire of choice however.  When these wear out, I
will probably go with the Michelin LTX's... I like a tire that is moderately
aggressive but not too loud on the highway.

Weren't the 76 loafs sweet?  That might be the best bus I ever had...
although I'm falling hard for the syncro.

Boy you really got em going with your tire/loaf/vanagon topic.  My 76 was
alot better off road than my vanagons (present company excepted)... how long
can this discussion go on anyway?

Mick Kalber
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place    Hilo, Hawaii  96720
ph. 808-935-5557    fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pokeswagon@blazenet.net [mailto:pokeswagon@blazenet.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 3:11 AM
To: Mick Kalber
Subject: Re: off roading

> We do a lot of extremely uneven terrain here in Hawaii in the
> lava fields and I never had any trouble with the vanagon

Just curious as to what tires you use. ?

Peace - donna
'84 Westy (Pepe)