David Kao writes:
> 
> 185/75R14 XZX reinforced is what I got for my 84 vanagon. The cost was
> about $58 each from Price Club here in Sunnyvale California.
> 
> These are excellent tires for vanagons but do not last as long as those
> original Michelin reinforced tires came with the car. The original tires
> lasted nearly 60k miles. The XZX has less than 40k so far but I can see
> that they need to be replaced soon.
> 
> 
> David Kao
> 

Ok Ok these are the same "mystery" Sears tires that I got for about
$60 bucks each. 

I think the catch that these are NOT 185/75SR14
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and hence are not speed rated. 

I don't know why you'd need speed rating on vanagon tires anyway,
certainly not for the speed.

John Huguenard