Oh yeah, but reading Larry's tire reviews on his roadhaus site, there are
mixed reviews for Vancos in snow...

Short answer, maybe buy 2 new tires now...buy 2 new ones to match in a
couple months...

Dave

On 9/26/06, David Bohannan <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've only really heard of snow tires really mattering that much...
>
> That said, I might want to have the same tires all the way around if I
> were going to be driving in those kind of conditions anyway...
>
> You might want to buy 4 new tires and keep your 2 old good ones for
> spare...maybe sell/give one to another listmember in your area...
>
> I am on a new set of Continental Vanco 8's. They were like 35 a piece at
> tire rack, then I had King Wally install em for me...
>
> Dave
>
> On 9/26/06, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The annoying mechanic who flunked Matilda in her inspection has now
> > decided
> > that I also need two new tires.  (Why didn't he make that clear a week
> > and a
> > half ago, when he first inspected her, and I had two weeks to deal with
> > this
> > instead of now six days?  Jerk!)
> >
> > Okay, end of rant.  I've been driving Hancooks, and they've seemed fine.
> > But Ron apparently isn't selling them any more and the annoying mechanic
> > said he can't get Hancooks in the DC area.  He's Korean, too, presumably
> > he
> > knows.
> >
> > So, my question is - do I have to have the same tires throughout the
> > vehicle, or is it okay to have different ones (same size, of course)?
> >
> >
> >
> > Joy
> >
> >
> > ****************************************************************
> > Joy Hecht
> > now living in a real house in northern Virginia
> > and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> > now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
> > lugging Joy and her stuff around...
> >
> > For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> > http://www.joyhecht.net
> >
> > ****************************************************************
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dave - KC9FYM
> http://fjazzbass.blogspot.com

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