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Subject:Re: A tire for 14" vanagons
From:bernie
Date:Mon, 12 May 2014 08:32:08 -0700

Well they will be a bargain IF they stand up and perform for the longer
term like the RA 08's.
My RA 08's have performed really well and I have just put a new set on.
Last year I drove through several snow storms and two chain up areas with
fairly worn set of RA 08's.
I really like the Hankooks and will stick with them.
Maybe GoForm can make a tire in China for half the cost that will do as
well but I am
a skeptic.
Good luck with them.

Bernie
Vancouver

On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hankooks
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
>

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