I just put on Bridgestone 195 75R14 and am extremely pleased.  The are 8 ply
and only cost me 80.00 each.  The highway noise is almost nil, they have a
good tread pattern and handle well.

Pete
peterz@gte.net
83.5 Vanagon

-----Original Message-----
From: Bj�rn <bratjen@DIRECT.CA>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 8:23 AM
Subject: tire choice

Watching the list and having added my own opinions about tires I am just
facing the urgent need for new tires for my Syncro. My old Michelin LTX are
worn to a level where I don't want it to rain any more. I was looking for a
tire which also has good off road stamina.

Unfortunately the Michelin LTX (195/14) does not seem to be available in
Canada for the next couple of weeks until they do a new production run.
Costco is now selling a Uniroyal all season which I don't like. It seems to
be a highway tire and I did not like Uniroyal handling in wet conditions in
the past (with Tiger Paw). Sears has a tire on sale which is an relabeled
Michelin LTX called XC LT4, but they are on backorder.

So with some trepidation I decided on the Yokohama Superdigger (SD05
195/14). It is supposedly an 8 ply tire. What experience have people had
with this one?

Bj�rn

Bj�rn Ratjen

Mill Bay, B.C.

1987 Syncro Est Alia (self camperized)
1995 Passat TD
(1982 Vanagon Diesel)
1979 VW Bus (self- camperized)