"the best tires I could afford ............ ."  What does "afford" mean?  I can't afford to be dead, or to kill someone else, especially my wife, daughter, grandson, son-in-law, or any stranger on the road.  If I can "afford" the vehicle, I can "afford" the tire quality recommended by the manufacturer's engineers.  I know, there are lots of folks on the roads on inadequate tires, and it might be me they kill.  Luck is something we all depend on -- but my father always told me to make my own good luck.  I try.

DMc

---- Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> That's me Mr Lucky... years and years of using the best tires I could
> afford.  Holding air, fitting on the rim is a must, tread was a great thing.
> Do these tire threads ever end well? I can't recall it happening ....
> some people have VERY strong opinions on tires for the Vanagon.
>
> We should stop while it's almost civil.
>
> Later,
> Mr Lucky....
>
> becida@comcast.net
>
> At  12/5/2010 03:30 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> >You guys have just been lucky.  Engineering is a reasonable
> >science.  The rest of us should pay attention to engineers on such
> >matters.  DMc
> >
> >---- Dale Ward <MrNegNRG@AOL.COM> wrote:
> > > Me too, since '85. Right now I've got a pair of $39.95 Futuras from Pep
> > > Boys and some 92 rated Master Craft snow tires on back. Not that
> > I'd recommend
> > >  them, but no problems and they're at least eight years old.
> > >
> > >
> > > Dale  Ward
> > > Shrewsbury MA
> > > Mr. Negative Energy
> > > Sometime LiMBO Club House  Keeper
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 12/5/2010 3:56:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com writes:
> > >
> > > Funny that - I've been driving daily  on passenger car tires since 1992,
> > > many of them rated far below 98T, without  any incidents whatsoever.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>

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David McNeely