Re: [T3] Trip to Hoosierville

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 26 May 2007 at 9:27, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:

> I'm sure not all of those Nankangs are bad, but I sure would not buy  
> them again. Should I need new tires I'll consider the (pricey) Coker  
> Michelin XZX repros, and Vredestein makes new 165SR15s and 165HR15s  
> as well.

I don't think we've had anyone mention the Vredesteins here before. 
Is this something new, or perhaps they're just not available in the 
US. They should be a good tire.

> Funny off-topic anecdote: The 914 really needed 165HR15s to be street  
> legal in Germany. When I had the car inspected I actually got the  
> inspector to put a lower top speed into the papers so that the  
> 165SR15s would be legal ;)  SR tires are only legal on cars with top  
> speeds less than 180 kph in Germany, so he put down 179 instead of  
> the factory-indicated top speed of 182 kph.

;-)

I'm assuming you haven't often needed those last 3 kph.

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