As people mentioned last month on the list - I gave tirerack a call after I
*thought* i spotted some goodyear 205's on thier site i thought i could use
for the westy. As it turned out - it was a typo. however the minute i said
i was looking for a 14 inch tire with a C or D load rating ..the salesman
instantly asked "is this for some VW van??" :O)

tirerack steered me towards the reinforced Yokohama van tire 185/70R14
which i had installed last week. [$50 a piece was hard to beat!! ] So i had
five installed. [ i had not actually seen the spare in the four years
since i bought my van - I figured better safe than sorry...]

The van is a little more jumpy in the highway crosswinds :O(
than my old 205's but it is not my daily driver - so I can live with it.

Tom
90 Westy

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        From:   Kim Brennan
        Reply To:       Kim Brennan
        Sent:   Monday, July 28, 2003 12:29 PM
        To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
        Subject:        Re: Tires ? can't seem to find size anywhere

        Lovely. Well tell that dealer if he is willing to pay for your
        hospitlization, and for a new vehicle when it crashes due to the use
of
        improper tires....

        But seriously, find a better place to get your tires. You can get
them
        online (TireRack for example). Not necessarily cheaper, but much
safer
        to get the right tire. Tirerack's web site will NOT let you find the
        Agilis as a tire for your Vanagon, so find it via a brand search
($109
        for the 185R14.)

        On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 10:49  AM, brian Honan wrote:

        >  What the dealer wants to give me is called a harmony and is not
the
        > rateing but they clain it is fine even though it is a car tire.