I have a set of the 195 R75 D-rated on my Westy.  For the money they are a
good tire, but I don't drive the van in winter or do much high speed
cornering.  I run about 50 psi.

Mike
'88 Westy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: yokohama y356

> Karl,
>
> It's nice to hear something good about these tires. The Wonderbus is
> getting four installed tomorrow that I had ordered from tirerack.com and
> I was beginning to think I had ordered possibly the worst tires in the
> world!
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> Karl Wolz wrote:
>
> >I've got them on two vans and like them.  The GL has C rated and the
> >Westy has two D rated and two C rated.  I run them around 50 pounds of
> >pressure.  They are smooth, seem to last a long time, quiet, and secure.
> >I'd sure like to try some Michelin Agilis just to see if there really is
> >a difference.
> >
> >Karl Wolz
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> >>
> >>
> >Behalf Of
> >
> >
> >>George Goff
> >>Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:23 PM
> >>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>Subject: Re: yokohama y356
> >>
> >>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
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >