Costco is where I got tires for all my cars. I have never felt
comfortable to go else where. I have tried but never a single time
I did not return to Costco to get tires, ever since Costco existed.

If tires with reinforced sidewall of a right size is readily
available I would never consider anything else. The problem is
Costco has not have it for years. They have over 100 different
tires and there is not a single one for Vanagons.

I can understand why Chris asked the question in the first place.
Vanagon is not the largest and heaviest van in the world. If Costco
has 100 different tires, and half of them are for trucks and SUVs
I would ask, as Chris did, why or why not? A lof of the tire sizes
obviously give the answer no. If I were to put 15 or 16" rims
on the Vanagon and if there are tires for SUVs of the right size,
load rating, max pressure but not with reinforced sidewall, I
would ask why not?

By the way I dealt with American Tire Company (a chain store)
on Stevenscreek Blvd, Santa Clara. The experience was like
a worst nightmare. I should have reported to the DA but I turned
to Costco and put on 4 new tires and decided to put it behind me
forever. Never again I would go near any tire stores of a similar
business practice.

David

--- On Sat, 3/14/09, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> From: Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Tires - Why oh why NOT?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 9:27 AM
> Yeah, I think this is the first tire thread in which
> I've participated.  I
> usually just ignore them, but since I recently installed
> new rims, I was
> hoping to get a definitive answer...but alas, tis not to
> be.  I'll probably
> just run with the passenger tires then possibly upgrade to
> reinforced when
> they wear out...or not.