I was curious enough to seek out the full story from Michelin, so I
wrote and inquired about the demise of the Agilis tires.  Here is their
answer:

The Agilis 61 185R14C is being discontinued but currently we still have
tires in our inventory.

A replacement tires called the Agilis 81 in size 185R14C is in the
developmental stages.  All the details of the replacement tire are not
available yet.

If you have additional questions, please respond to this email or you
may call us at 1-800-847-3435 (toll-free) between 8:30AM and 6:00PM
Eastern Time Monday through Friday to allow one of our Consumer
Relations Representatives to assist you.

Michelin North America
Consumer Relations Department

At least they're not abandoning us yet!

Mike Snow
1982 Wesftalia diesel

Loren A. Busch wrote:
> Yes, Another Damn Tire Thread.
> I just got back from Discount Tire (trying to track down a
> speed/wheel/bearing related noise, it was not the tires).
> In the process of checking my tires the manager called Michelin to find out
> if the Agilis was still available in case one of my tires was developing a
> separation (it wasn't).  Michelin says "No more Agilis tires". Period.  So
> Vanagon friends and Westy neighbors, back to the hunt for the Perfect Tire.