Allow me, kiddies, to relate my experience with four Hankook 819 tires (8 ply,
Load range D)
which were recently mounted on my Westy.

The tires were installed three weeks ago. From the moment I left the tire shop,
I
sensed the van's handling wasn't right. In addition to perceptible body roll,
the van also developed a tendency to wander. Keeping the vehicle within my lane
during city driving was a real concern. Highway driving was a constant fight
with
the steering wheel. In the following days, I played around with tire pressure,
to no avail. I returned the van to my tire dealer about a week later. After a
test drive, he checked for steering problems, tweaked the wheel alignment, test
drove
again but commented that the wheel alignment improved the situation only
marginally.
He advised me to drive it for a few days, while he contacted Hankook for
suggestions.

Hankook recommended verifying wheel balance and trueness of the rims, so I was
back in the shop. Upon removal of the tires, the tire technician noticed the
tread
face of all four tires was rounded not flat. The long and short of it is that
the Hankook 819 tires mounted on my Westy were actually trailer tires! The tire
tech was surprised that this was not indicated on the tire sidewall as he has
seen in the past.

Needless to say, I'm kinda gun shy about going with Hankook again! Based upon
the apparently imminent discontinuation of this tire model and the poor tire
labelling controls, I've decided to go with Michelin Agilis 61 tires
(backordered in
Canada but arriving in two weeks).

Roy Olynick
'87 Westfalia GL
(till death do us part)