Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 10:59:36 -0500
Reply-To: Denmiester <jolliffe@MGL.CA>
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From: Denmiester <jolliffe@MGL.CA>
Subject: Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes,
I am still using a 22 year old tire
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Back in 1999 I put a bus together for a trip to FLA in April 00, XZX rang a
bell, and was OEM supplied until early 80s, so my dealer found 4 and I put
them on..the trip was uneventful and thoroughly enjoyable...I'd do the Keys
again in a NY minute, and likely will....
That summer as I cleaned the tires I noticed a little sidewall cracking, by
the spring of 01 (less than 6,000 miles) the cracking was so bad I was
concerned to drive the bus at all...the dealer was local, so I dropped
in...because I didn't have the bill in hand (I had a rainy day break in,
lost my tools and all the paperwork) he refused to warranty them...the bill
came out of his computer, but he wouldn't look it up...last time I'll ever
do business with Fred's tire in Orangeville Ont BTW...
Long story short I found out the tires I had purchased for full retail were
date coded Feb '85, and that MX was the current bus tire at the time...that
wasn't even offered as a possibility...Michelin HO was no help
whatsoever...if you want to see pictures, contact me off list...
I was thinking of putting up a website warning people about the quality of
this companies tires, but I'm starting to think they are all about the
same...I only get about 25K miles out of Conties too, but I'm pretty much
fully loaded most of the time (with stuff), so that may be my own fault....I
should be looking for a D rated tire with a harder compound I guess, but I
find the ride too harsh and noisy...
Just my $.02 CDN
Den.
Near Toronto CANADA...EH!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Old Volks Home" <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes, I am still using a 22 year old
tire
> Ditto on the end too. 17 years ago I had an 81 Diesel Rabbit Pickup with
> Michelins on the rear (LT rated) and both suffered the same sidewall
> blowout
> that both Roger and Robert describe, one of them on the Golden State Fwy
> (I-5) in Burbank at around 65mph, the second a couple of weeks later on a
> regular major surface street (50mph) in the beautiful San Fernando Valley.
> No load in the bed at either time, never carried much in it anyway. The
> noise scared the willies outa me. I think they had about 4K on them when
> they blew Haven't touched a Michelin since, nor care to.
>
> I sure miss that truck though.........
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> **********************************
>
>
> On 12/6/06, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote:
>>
>> Funny, I know people that swear by Michelin (apparently including some
>> folks
>> on this list) but every Michelin I've ever had suffered a catastrophic
>> sidewall blowout- two of them while parked on the side of the road, the
>> rest
>> while moving (which always makes things interesting), and on three
>> different
>> vehicles to boot. None of them were on my Vgon, but they were all light
>> truck tires. I will not buy, own or run another Michelin and I'd rather
>> not
>> ride on them on somebody else's vehicle if I can help it. A 100% failure
>> rate is a little much.
>>
>> Cya,
>> Robert
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Loren Busch" <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: Vanagon OEM tire report Yes, I am still using a 22 year old
>> tire
>>
>>
>> > RE: One after the other, the Michelins blew out.One at a blistering
>> 65mph
>> > on
>> > rt 95( heading home from a junkyard,full of booty).All 4 destroyed in
>> > about
>> > 3K.
>> >
>> > Roger, I think we would all like to know the size and model of the
>> > Michelins
>> > that gave this kind of performance.....
>
>
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