It's the same argument I had with my sister-in-laws' husband a while ago.
They took a minor rainy day spill on his dresser Harley and we picked them
up from the hospital.

We went over to the bike and right away I told him that the accident was his
fault because the center of the rear tire was bald. His response was "There
is plenty of tread left on either side". No matter how hard I tried, I could
not shake him from his belief that it was OK. A few months later we were
riding in Daytona FL and he was running the same bald rear tire.

You are fighting the same battle on this list - you can only advise - they
don't have to follow. He doesn't "get it" and probably won't.

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
The Bus Depot
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:14 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Tires - Why oh why NOT?

> I can't see ANY reason to stick with the very
> limited tire options available for 14" rims when
> there's so many relatively cheap larger diameter
> rims out there

Because if you do want to stick with tires that meet VW safety standards for
Vanagon use, 14" tires that meet those specs are much cheaper than 15" or
16" ones that do.  And there at least as wide if not an even wider
selection. There are relatively few 15" tires that meet Vanagon specs, and
scarcely any 16" ones.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com

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