Michelin Agilis 51 and Pirelli P6000 are both availaible in
215/65-15 with "westy rated" LI. I have the Agilis and I love
them, I passed on the Pirellis because of price and because
they are listed as a summer tire only.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:20:44 -0500
>From: Harmon Seaver <hseaver@CYBERSHAMANIX.COM>
>Subject: tires
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>   Huh, I'm looking for tires -- I've got Yokohama Y370 on
my Mercedes 15" rims,
>205/70/15 on the front and 215/70/15 on the back, but the
back ones which were
>great on my '73 bus with an '81 2.0L gas engine in it are
just a tad too tall
>for my '82 diesel westy. Not bad, but I'm not getting
anymore top end than I
>was with the 185/70/14s that were on there, which indicates
to me that the
>engine just can't quite pull that diameter.
>   So anyway, I was looking for some 215/65/15s or
205/70/15s -- but sure am not
>finding anything in LT tires or loadratings of 97.
>   Yokohama no longer makes the Y370, Michilen no longer, it
seems, makes the
>Agilis -- what is there?
>
>
> --
>Harmon Seaver
>CyberShamanix
>http://www.cybershamanix.com