

| Subject: | Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes, I am still using a 22 year old tire |
| From: | Alistair Bell |
| Date: | Thu, 7 Dec 2006 07:32:23 -0800 |
Spare you the BS? what BS? Asking for tire model, size etc? that's BS? Writing such an asinine reply to my criticism indicates to me you really have not much information to share. ab On 7-Dec-06, at 5:48 AM, Robert Fisher wrote: Yeah well I guess I should've sat down on the shoulder of the road, put the pieces back together and written all that down so that years later I could regurgitate all that irrelevant garbage on the vanagon list. Spare me the BS man. That's just weak. R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@UVIC.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:05 PM Subject: Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes, I am still using a 22 year old tire > love those "scientific" reports. > > no mention of actual tire size, rating, model. > > Alistair > > > On 6-Dec-06, at 5:58 PM, Robert Fisher wrote: > > Funny, I know people that swear by Michelin (apparently including > some folks > on this list) but every Michelin I've ever had suffered a catastrophic > sidewall blowout- two of them while parked on the side of the road, > the rest > while moving (which always makes things interesting), and on three > different > vehicles to boot. None of them were on my Vgon, but they were all > light > truck tires. I will not buy, own or run another Michelin and I'd > rather not > ride on them on somebody else's vehicle if I can help it. A 100% > failure > rate is a little much. > > Cya, > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Loren Busch" <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:21 PM > Subject: Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes, I am still using a 22 > year old > tire > > >> RE: One after the other, the Michelins blew out.One at a blistering >> 65mph >> on >> rt 95( heading home from a junkyard,full of booty).All 4 destroyed in >> about >> 3K. >> >> Roger, I think we would all like to know the size and model of the >> Michelins >> that gave this kind of performance.....
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