Mike,

I have been VERY happy with the quite and smooth rolling Yokohama Y356's I
put on my Van from the Tirerack at $74 each.  I went with the load rating
"D" which has an even stiffer side wall.  Any Wal-mart will mount these for
you for about $10 a tire.  You don't have to buy your tires at Wal-mart to
have them mount them for you!!!

Since I don't drive my van in the winter, these are the perfect solution for
me.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
mike
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: End of tire thread

Vanners,

Well, the left rear tire saga is over [3 gone in 3 months].

I pulled the tire and found a non repairable slit on the edge of the

tread/sidewall interface.

Found the serial number on the tire I pulled, it was on the inside tire

wall. Built in 99.

So it's new tires for me. Hankooks from a local dealer. $585 for 5, ouch.

If the left rear tire goes again you'll all know, and you won't need a

computer to hear the scream of agony.

Mike