Its not the tire size that's causing your problems.  We have three vans here
with three different tire sizes and they all track very well.

Maybe you should check your alignment Mad.
The old tires may have worn in a way so as to mask the deficiencies of the
chassis.

I always get an alignment when buying new tires, just to protect the
investment, and I think it helps my tires last a long time.

On 3/13/07, mad madeline <mac10wv@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Irecently purshased a new set of Yokohama 356s @ 185
> r14 8ply. Since the first moment I drove the van it
> wass all over the road. Like a pick-up with a load of
> gravel in the back. We changed the tire pressure from
> 38/43 F/R to 44/44 to 43/53 and the handling did not
> change. Gets worse with speed. It was so bad that we
> aborted the trip. So now the tire dealer has offered
> to put whatever tire we want on it.
> I have always had good luck with michelins and Have
> never had good results with any other brand. So I need
> to decide between the 1)Agelis 185r14 or 2) LTX 195 70
> 14 (dont have my notes in front and may be 195 75 14).
> The previous tires were 205 LTXs which seem to not be
> made now. The van drove nicely with those. Does it
> steer so bad because of the 185 size?? Thoughts?
>
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