Tom, are you having the tires installed at a shop?  I believe shipping from Van Cafe to a commercial address is cheaper than to a residential address.  mcneely

---- Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Been searching for Hakkas for weeks-BION, Van Cafe has the only Hakkas
> suitable for a Vanagon that I can find!  Not Tire factory( in Michigan),
> not no body!  VC also says CS's are discontinued.
>
> Just ordered Hakka C's w/o studs from VC-They are the best available IMHO.
> Bad news tires have to be shipped almost back to Finland!  Only $116
> shipping for 4 to my door.
>
> BTW, I don't believe that Hakka WRC's come in 14".
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-14"-if it ain't broke I ain't gonna fix it.
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Van Cafe still has the Nokian line on their website as of today. The
> > Hakkapelita CS are there in 185 and 195 R 14 sizes.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Mar 8, 2012, at 8:03, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > > RE: Hakka CS Tiresw
> > > Oh damn, another tire thread!
> > > Tom, based on all reports and a very reliable source taht had a direct
> > > conversation with Nokian U.S. there won't be any more CS type tires
> > coming
> > > in, at least not in the 14" and apparently none at all.  This in spite of
> > > the fact that they are still listed on the Nokian website. Second, the
> > only
> > > place you can buy Nokian tires in the West is from Tire Factory.  They
> > now
> > > have exclusive distribution and sales rights, at least for the western
> > US.
> > > I don't know about back east.  And the replacement seems to be the Hakka
> > WR
> > > C tires.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Tom Buese

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David McNeely