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Subject:Re: Tires! 15" or 14"?
From:The Bus Depot
Date:Sun, 1 May 2016 21:46:54 -0400
>  Very Possibly the Only Reason that VW applied the Tire Spec's
> that they did to the Vanagon, was due to the Small Wheel Diameter

Not so.  Modern day VW vans (Eurovans in the U.S., and T5's in Europe) also
require extra-load tires (load index 100, which is 1674 lbs.) even though
they are factory equipped with 16" wheels and have a similar curb weight to
a Vanagon (within 750 lbs.).

Ron Salmon
The Bus Depot, Inc.
www.busdepot.com