i was making a joke, hoping to start a conversation about whether light
truck tires are a good idea on a van...

aaron
-87 syncro gl

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
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Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 6:17 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: re. Subject: German Syncro 16" driver is greeting...

>"LT"...: light truck.  do they require special "LT" tires?

I very much doubt that stands for Light Truck... more likely a German
acronym, or just an off-the-head "name". The LT goes back at least into
the early 80s, when it used the first-generation Audi 100 engine ( the
second-gen 100 was sold in USA as 5000).

These are probably too heavy for any car tire. They are sold in USA as
Mercedes Sprinter and Freightliner. I wonder who actually designed
them... VW or MB?
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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