On  8 Jul 96 at 20:55, Joel Walker wrote:

> >They have some Continental CR21 tires for $53.  The man said they are
> >reinforced.  Has anyone ever tried these?  All other reinforced tires I
> >have found start at about $70.
> 
> my personal experience, over the last 26 years with buses and Continental
> tires is that Conti's suck. if your alignment gets even a tiny bit out,
> the tires take a "set" and will NEVER recover, not matter how many times
> you get the alignment reset. i'm NOT a big fan of Continental tires. :(
> 
> and yeah, $70-80 is about what the other reinforced tires cost. :(
> 
I'd have to second that - although the current Conti CR91 (I think) 
on my '88 seem *ok*, they're nowhere near as tough as the Yokohama I 
have on the front. I've had two Conti's blow up on me on previous 
VW/Audis, both due to broken belts. I've never seen this on any other 
tire. 

For load rating and durability on *very* rough roads, I'm quite 
impressed with the Yoko 378 Load Range D 195/7514 (specify load range 
D, since they also make a 'C')

Shawn
'88 Westy 332k (Kyra)
'85 Jetta TD 350k (Jenni)