The original post was supposed to be very tongue in cheek.  I happen to
have an extra set of very heavy duty tires for a vanagon.  I am willing to
part with them (i.e. get rid of them) for a fair price.  For the promise
of a good adventure I will part with them for less.
   Non-synchro Vanagons suck in the snow. I am not sure why as old VW
buses were great in snow. Did older trannies have Limited Slip?  I don't
know. The only difference I can see is that older Type 2's had the battery
in the back and the gas tank in back.  I guess this did help the weight
distribution.
   Responses to this in both tongue-in-cheek and Snyde formats are not
only authorized, but highly encouraged.
   XCA's are by far the highest load rated tires(2200 or 2300 per tire) I
have seen in 14". I used to off-road my van all the time and getting flat
tires stopped with the XCA's. I had lots of flats on the same roads with
MXT's and the original junk tires that came on the van when I bought it.

   John