>At 10:37 AM 9/23/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>I'm the ecstatic new owner of a primo condition white '91 Westy Synchro with
>>47k miles.  It's my first synchro after having owned three Westies (two '72s
>>and one '84 Wolfsburg) and a '62 Bug. Will need to put new tires on it and
>>would appreciate suggestions for a good on and off-road tire that can get me
>>out of the Colo. rockies, down to southern Mexico (Oaxaca) and around steep
>>dirt roads, sometimes muddy.  Good gas mileage might be a consideration,
>>too. if that's a factor in tire selection.
>>
>The consensus seems to be BFG Radial All Terrain T/A, size 27 850 14. The
>best price I've seen is mail order for $78 ea incl tax + $48 shipping for a
>set (call 1 800 589 6789). Be sure to get a 5th tire for spare, this is a
>syncro requirement. This is primariily an off-road tire, but has good
>highway characteristics according to many on the list with this tire. I'm
>running Michelin LTX 195 75 14 on my syncro Westy, but I don't do a lot of
>steep muddy roads.
>
>-Mark McCulley

I love those Michelins which were rated #2 by Consumer Reports last Jan(?).
But the #3 tire was the same Michelins with the All Terrain tread!  I
think they're called the LTX AT but I'm not positive.  BFG were rated
fairly low by CR so I'd stick with the Michelins.  I got mine at Tire Rack
for $79.

James

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James Cohen

New York City, and Williamstown Ma

Alternate address:
stirling@aol.com  (which gets checked more often)

 Red '93 Corrado VR6 SLC (Highly modified)
 Red '87 GTI (mostly modified) (soon to be a G60!)
    and
'67 deluxe split window (9 pass.)
'71 Westy Breadloaf (high performance engine B&B)
'81, '85 Westy Vanagons
'83 9 passanger Vanagon
'66, '74 busses (decomposing)
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