Does Tire Rack not have the Michelins?  I got mine from them just a month
ago
at a good price - MXT's, 205 70R14, and like them very much.  I have no
experience
with Costco, but you need to make sure they are sidewall reinforced for the
vanagon
from what I've read.

----- Original Message -----
From: jay m. <jayshark@ARACNET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: Costco Tires?

> They're better than what I had before, but I'm still not entirely
> satisfied.  They're certainly less squirrely on the highway with the big
> rigs, but they're quite noisy.  Having said that, this past weekend was
> the first time I had them in snow/ice and I had significantly better
> traction than I did last winter with whatever tires were leftover from the
> PO...
>
> and they're quite cheap.  cheap enough that you could buy them as a
> temporary solution for the next year or two until you find something you
> like better.
>
> --sharks
>
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, James Lipman wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone tried the Kirkland brand tire? I'm having a
> > hard time finding the Michelins....
> >
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