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Subject:Re: A tire for 14" vanagons
From:Don Hanson
Date:Sun, 11 May 2014 21:31:49 -0700

> Hankooks
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> Excellent value in rubber. I scoffed when they said 80,000 miles but it
> looks like they might get there.
>
> -- Gnarlie
>

   My Hankooks got me only about 15k miles, mainly due to a crappy
alignment in the front of my van....

  "Excellent Value",,, I guess..... but they are more than twice the price
I paid for these GoForms, and I can't tell any difference in the driving
feel....I know, you (usually) get what you pay for........but a C-copy of a
Korean tire?.... starting to think these may be a bargain..

  I have a pretty good 'feel' for tires having trashed hundreds of them,
sometimes two sets per day.... while racing my Porsche 928 around various
US tracks...and clocking (radar verified) 187mph (on Michelin Pilots) out
near Elko on one of those Open Road highway rally events...

   Not intending to start a "tire thread" here....I was pointed to this
particular GoForm tire by someone here on the list a while back, but I have
never heard anything else about them and I thought I might pass the
'report' along in case anyone else still has 14" wheels and wants to save
money and get what I am finding is a good tire.