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Subject:Re: Is a little bigger, better
From:Don Hanson
Date:Sat, 8 Apr 2017 15:01:28 -0700

I've had those Vredisteins mounted "backwards" ... Working fine for me.

On Apr 8, 2017 1:09 PM, "David McNeely" <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:

> I used Hankook RA 08 195R14 tires that I got from Discount Tires for one
> set.  They did well so far as handling, back country tolerance, highway
> driving. However, I only got about 30K miles from a rather expensive set of
> tires.  Now I have Vredestein All Weather (not all season, all weather,
> with the mountain snowflake emblem) to avoid summer/winter switch at $90
> twice each year.  We'll see how that goes, they came highly recommended by
> other list members.  The only thing I don't like about them so far is that
> they are directional tires, complicating including the spare in rotation.
>
> I prefer the extra half inch of height for the slightly better clearance on
> back roads.
>
> mcneely
>
> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I used to have Hankook 195R14 on a Carat, lasting about 40K+ miles. They
> > are good.. I recommend them... but after that I switched to General
> AT2...
> > a completely different tire..
> >
>

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