I concur.
I suggest just go to Van Cafe's site....................
I think there are four Nokian models of tires there , on sale ..
and pick which one is right for your use ..

you know.......................a  great 'real' vanagon tire by a
vanagon-savvy vendor..
what's not to like ? !
I'm pretty sure they're great tires too.

Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: Tire vendors

> That sorta depends on where you are. South Texas has slightly
> different tire requirements that the Upper Peninsula, ya know?
>
> Either locale, a good place to start is Larry Chase's Vanagon tire
> guide: <http://www.roadhaus.com/tires/guideline.html> If West Coast,
> Peter at Van-Cafe is having a bit of a tire sale. I'm partial to
> Nokians.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Dec 4, 2010, at 4:33 PM, A PETER MARSH wrote:
>
>> Here we go again,
>>
>> Just happened to check how old my tires were and two of them are
>> 2001 - well over time to change.
>>
>> Standard 14 alloys on my Beast - any prompts on where I buy and what
>> price?  I have access to a new whizz-bang tire machine so I guess I
>> could buy online - depending on shipping add ons etc.
>>
>> Your suggestions please.
>>
>> Peter Marsh