That's the annual mileage we do, with tires aging out instead of wearing out.. Hurts to have a tire carcass fail with plenty of tread left. 

Stephen

Mobile

> On Oct 12, 2017, at 10:53 AM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> So far  I am very pleased with the Vredestein's on my 1991 Volkswagen
> Vanagon GL Campmobile, 2WD, silver-tan.  I've had them one year, only a
> couple thousand miles, but drove it some in the very snowy winter last
> year, with no difficulty at all.  I did drive it on a really rough (and in
> places muddy with creek crossings) forest service road in Oregon this
> summer, also.  Tires were fine.
> 
> However, I bought them from Les Schwabb, and they stated up front that they
> will not honor the mileage stated by Vredestein.  The store manager said
> something like:  "We've never handled Vredestein tires, and we have no
> experience with them."  I just figure that if they don't run the 50K miles
> Vredestein claims (if I have the van that long, I only put 4-5K miles on it
> in a good camping year), that I will deal directly with the importer
> shoujld Schwabb continue to balk.
> 
> mcneely
> 
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> If you really want to stay with the truck tire approach consider this
>> Vredestein. This tire rides well and has all season capability. It should
>> also be a 50K mile tire. There are also a few 205/70-14XL (98 load index)
>> tires available. These are becoming scarce again. These would be equal to
>> the tires supplied by VW on the later Vanagons usually with the alloy
>> wheels.
>> When getting on line from some suppliers you need to check the production
>> date as soon as they arrive. For the last pair of tires I purchased for my
>> wife's Jetta the new one were older than the ones that were installed a
>> year earlier! Some sellers sell off older stock and you need to be mindful
>> with the specialty stuff.
>> Dennis
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.tiresbyweb.com/popup.aspx?src=/images/
>> Product/large/Comtrac-All-Season.jpg
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.tiresbyweb.com/p-12276-vredestein-comtrac-all-
>> season-tires.aspx
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> Of Karl Ploessl
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 7:54 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: last tire question (from me)(14x6 VW alu wheel)
>> 
>> either a Michelin Agilis 195R14C or a Hankook RA18 185R14
>> 
>> https://simpletire.com/hankook-185-r14-2001939-tires
>> https://simpletire.com/michelin-195-r14c-14307-tires
>> 
>> It is for an AC '81 Vanagon Westfalia.
>> 
>> Karl.
>>