Jimmy,

It was late last night when I posted the message on Vanagon.com.  The
tires I have are Michelin XH4.  They have a 80,000 mile warranty.  And
yes,  I do have 69,300 miles (approximately 70,000 miles) of wear on
them.  I have 139,300 some miles on my 1991 Vanagon Carat.  The first
set of tires were Michelin MLT's which were the factory tires.  I got
70,200 miles from them.  I am a firm believer of rotating tires every
7,500 miles and changing oil and oil filter every 3,333 miles.

For your info here is the service record of rotation.

Purchase 03/18/94        70,200 miles
rotated  07/29/95        76,158 miles   5,958 travelled
rotated  01/27/96        83,365 miles   7,207 travelled
rotated  07/11/96        90,700 miles   7,335 travelled
rotated  12/04/96        98,916 miles   8,216 travelled
rotated  04/19/97       106,576 miles   7,654 travelled
rotated  08/09/97       113,748 miles   7,178 travelled
rotated  12/26/97       121,301 miles   7,553 travelled
rotated  05/22/98       128,783 miles   7,482 travelled
rotated  10/10/98       136,237 miles   7,454 travelled
next rotation           143,737 miles   7,500 appromiatedly travelled
next set of tires       150,200 miles

Feel free to telephone Dennis at Almira Tire Service in Lorain, Ohio, at
216-244-1767, and asked him about the guy in the red 1991 Volkswagen
Vanagon.

Respectfully,
Floyd Truskot

Jimmy Sanby wrote:
>
> Are you saying that you have 70,000 miles on one set of tires? I would
> be over the moon if I got the same in Kilometers. This can't be true.
>
> Jimmy Sanby
> Cape Town SA
> '89 Syncro 15"
>
> >>> Floyd Truskot <wolfsburg@CENTURYINTER.NET> 11/27 6:21 AM >>>
> I need to get new tires on my Vanagon Carat.  Vanagon.com indicates to
> get Michelin MXT and LTX tires, which are no longer being manufactured
> by Michelin (11/98).  What tires should I get?  Yokohama Y356's?  Any
> other makes?  Please respond with manufacture and model.
>
> I currently have Michilin QX4's which are terrible with 70,000 miles on
> them.
>
> Floyd Truskot