That's the tire I have on my '81.  Except they are 195R14C's.  One
problem-not very good dirt traction.  I went camping last month and while
driving up a not-very-steep road I was spinning the tires.  For that
reason I'm looking to get some chunkier tires.  However, if you're not
going to be going off road, they are great.  Nice and grippy, not much
noise.

Craig

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Craig Standley		                   cstand@u.washington.edu
University of Washington     http://weber.u.washington.edu/~cstand 
Physics  				 
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On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Michael Harrnacker wrote:

> I just put on the Costco tire someone mentioned.  They were the
> in-house Kirkland brand manufactured by Bridgestone.  195 75R14, 6ply
> tires, $48 each.  Am really happy with them so far.
> 
> Peter Zendzian <peterz@GTE.NET> wrote:
> >
> > 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)
> >
> 
> ==
> Mike Harrnacker
> 89 Vanagon GL Weekender
> 91 Golf
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