

| Subject: | Re: A tire for 14" vanagons |
| From: | Jeff |
| Date: | Mon, 12 May 2014 12:26:30 -0700 |
I doubt if they will as they are not a tire rated for our vehicles. Sidewall fatigue will be the most likely failure point. Only time will tell... Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of bernie Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 8:32 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: A tire for 14" vanagons 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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