That I Pike is the best snow tire I've ever used on a Vanagon....that's in
Colorado, so a good endorsement.
Miguel

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> They look good to me ..
> particularly if they are vanagon or Eurovan rated load wise.
> Price ain't bad either.
>
> Your vanagon sure better handle a lot better going from 14's to 16's
> with these tires.
>
> I'm a little funny about the term 'high performance snow tire'..
> especially the 'snow tire' part.
>
> a snow tire would not be the same as a modern Studless Winter tire I
> wouldn't think.
> The set of Blizzacks I used on my turbo volvo sedan were just awesome
> when new, on packed show and ice.
>
> Thesetires still look worth trying out to me.
> What's the max load at what cold max tire pressure on them ?
>
> scott
>
>
> On 11/19/2012 7:50 PM, John Reynolds wrote:
>
>> Anyone running i-Pike tires (16") on their Vanagon? Specifically year
>> roundsee http://www.busdepot.com/**ipike16<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
>>
>>