I have XCA tires on my Westy and agree 100% with John's experience.

Interestingly, I was at America's Tire Company getting a pucture repaired and noted they offer a sipeing service for tires - however they did not reccomend doing so for the XCA tires.  However they did fill all my tires with Nitrogen!

Todd
'88 Westy

> When I bought both of my vans - first a 1985 GL then later a 1988 GL,
> both had passenger car tires. Both vehicles were as squirrely on the
> road as a tailess kite on a windy day. I bought Michelin MXT's with the
> stiff sidewalls for them both and I can't even describe the improvement
> in handling. Today - with the demise of the MXT, I run Michelin XCA
> 205-75R14  Load Range C 8 ply tires. Rated for 65 psi. I run 55 psi in
> the tires for best tire wear under the loads I put in it. These are
> truck tires, from Michelins commercial tire line. The tread is not
> agressive, and on wet pavement uder some circumstances the driving wheel
> on the ground will slip. It is not a problem for me. I'm aware of it,
> and drive accordingly.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
>
> >--- Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Your Vanagon is a car, Larry.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >My testimonial is that when I bought my 91 syncro westy, it had passenger tyres
> on it.  The was
> >very squirmy on the road, especially corners and cross winds.  When I switched
> to LT tyres, it
> >handled much better, to the point that when my PO mechanic drove it, he thought
> that I'd re-done
> >the suspension and added anti-sway bars.  LT tires made a big, positive
> difference in my (and
> >larry's ?) 5,000 lbs syncro westy.  Malcolm (Halifax)
> >
> >
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