In a message dated 9/24/04 12:46:54 AM, Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM writes:

<< and even on dry pavement they still did not instill
confidence. >>

Andy,

If you want to experience some lump-in-your-throat lack of confidence, pump
up the pressure to 65 psi on a set of Y356's mounted on a Vanagon and take it
for a spin.  The time I used Y356's, I had them mounted and an alignment done
at a front-end shop I had never used before.  Since Vanagons are so rare where
I am, whenever I take a van to a shop for the first time, I talk to the
mechanic to let him know that Vanagons are a little different from what he usually
sees.  So, I mentioned to the front-end man that the van's tires required more
pressure than most cars and that they were rated for 65 psi max.  He must have
misunderstood what I said because he pumped them up to 65 psi, front and rear.

The first hundred yards after I pulled away from his shop I thought,"Wow!
What a difference new rubber makes; the steering is so light".  That thought
soon changed to,"That SOB is trying to kill me!!!"  The rest of the way home, all
I had to do was to only think about changing direction and the van would be
on the other side of the road.

George