These are a wonderful winter performance tire. As for wet weather use they
are extremely resistant to hydroplaning. For all season use the major
downside may be short tread life. The tread will get soft during hot weather
and extended highway operation. The 225/60-16 is an ideal Vanagon tire size
being just slightly taller than stock with more tread width and load
capacity. Do run as a set of 4. 

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Reynolds
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:51 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: IPike Tires

Anyone running i-Pike tires (16") on their Vanagon? Specifically year
roundsee http://www.busdepot.com/ipike16 I've got a set on my mini-van in
the size Bus Depot sells for the Van. �Since, I'm selling the mini-van, the
present Vanagon tires are getting pretty old, I have 16: rims already AND I
have a kid in college, I was thinking saving cash and running these tires.
No I wouldn't typically run a snow tire year round, but I'm thinking this
isn't so different as running BFG AT"s either. �I only use the van a few
thousand miles a year. �I actually ran them on the mini-van all this year.
�My take was somewhat less traction in wet conditions. �Handling was not too
much different from the summer tires. �I'm thinking on the Vangon switching
from the 14's to these in 16's, I might not notice any difference in
handling.JR