No, not overreacting, just exercising some phrydae smartassery!

The prospective buyer that came to the house a couple of nights ago had a
really nice 83.5 Westy and we talked at length about our Vanagons,
upgrades, problems, etc.  I thought maybe he was considering buying the
tires, but then he asked that crucial question, "how are they in the snow,"
Vanagon karma got ahold of me and I had to be honest: "That's why I got new
tires."

I have them on Craigslist; somebody will snatch them up.  I just couldn't
bring myself to allow the tire shop to "dispose of" perfectly good Michelin
summer Vanagon tires.

--
Joe T.
'85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> Hi Joe,
> perhaps you are over-reacting a bit...
> looks like you had fun writing this piece though.
>
> 'never bring up tires' ..lol.
> Don't let people get to ya !
> I absolutely LOVE the 10 michelin Agilles 205/65 R15's I own.
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> absolutely a demon tire for highway and rain use.
> if they were closer, or I needed them , I'd buy 'em.
>
> great opportunity for someone to move up to 15's on their vanagon too.
> 'Before tire prices went up about a year ago' ...
> I paid $ 150 for a new one ..
> If you can even get them right now, they are likely much more than that
> each, new.
>
> the tire age thing ....
> I'm sensible about that ...
> I don't go nutty if the tire is say 5 yrs old and has been cared for at
> all ...
> like not in endless sun, driven hard and worn unevenly etc....
> let's see.......5 of the ones I own I bought new in about 2005 ..
> they're not bothering me age wise.
> I don't certify them for 100+ mph of course.
> just be sensible .
>
> these are my absolute favorite 15 inch vanagon road tire.
> somebody should jump on the opportunity.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
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