I cant remember the price quote on the Pirelli but $280 or
$300 Canadian seems to spring to mind. Mind you I could be
overpricing thiose retrospectively. I know the Agilis 51's
were just under $180 Canadian. I really really like my
Michelin Agilis 51 tires.

The Pirelli is a SUMMER ONLY tire it is NOT all season.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 22:03:37 +1200
>From: Andrew Grebneff
<andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
>Subject: Re: Getting a Handle on the Handling of the
Vanagon
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>>Not to start a tire thread BUT if you are looking for a high
>>performance vanagon tire Pirelli maskes a 215/65-15
>>reinforced tire in it P6000 line. I breifly consideredthem
>>over the Agilis 51's I am running in the same size... but I
>>yeilded to the Michelins because the Pirellis are a summer
>>only tire (OK if you live in California though Ben)
>
>What do these Pirellis cost over there? I hate to think, but
may need
>such tires eventually (haven't looked into tires yet, but
there are
>certainly low-profile performance tires available for heavy
cars, and
>mine's not a camper, thank dog).
>
>Pirellis are generally far superior to Mushelins, which are
mainly
>basic Froggish rim-protectors (better-than-average tires,
but that's
>far from a compliment to Michelin).
>
>Here in NZ only an ice/snow tire is a winter tire; all
others are
>all-season. Fortunately, as soft winter tires are NOT good
for grip
>on dry or wet roads.
>--
>Andrew Grebneff
>165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
><andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
>Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut