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Subject:Re: Tires Sizes and Stuff
From:Jeff Kennedy
Date:Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:03:12 -0600

Greg,
 I have the BFGs on my van, and have been very happy with them. Only
been stuck twice, heh, heh! They're quieter than then old tires I had,
wintermark 215/70 R (I think). I can't really compare them to other
tires, but they've treated me well on a lot of pretty rough roads,
especially when you drop the pressure a bit. Plus they look great!

Cheers,
 Jeff
http://personal.riverusers.com/~kennedy

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Greg Irick

I need to replace the tires on my Westy and wanted to get the lists
opinions on which tire is the best out of either the 195/75R14 Yokohama
Y370 with a D load range and the 27X8.5QR14 BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A
KO's
with a C load range.  Can any list members who have experience with
either
tire give me, in their opinion, the good and the bad points.  Also, if
anyone has used both tires, which do you think is the better tire. I
plan
on using my Westy for camping and fly fishing in the National Forest's
and
State and National Parks in WA, OR, and maybe some camping up in Canada.

Greg Irick
Silverdale, WA
gregi@vwtype3.org

'65 Notchback with a Britax sliding rag top
'73 Pro-Street Bug (CB Performance 1914cc motor, 48mm throttle body CB
fuel
injection)
'80 Westy
'88 16V Scirocco (currently for sale, funds to be used for the
Notchback)
'00 Jetta VR6

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