[A4] Nexen N5000 tires

[Rocky Mullin]

no surprise that a seller would put the cheapest possible
tires on a car for sale.  so you might as well deal with
'em as long as you want.  and find someone to sell them to
or give them to, instead of letting them go to waste, when
you finally want to dump 'em.

good score on the avant.  a b5 avant was my first new car,
and we're loving our b7 avant.  extended the lease one more
year, we'll see what happens at the end of '08.

On Dec 25, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Kent McLean wrote:

> My new-to-me A4 came with new tires.  I put air in them for the  
> first time
> today, and noticed they were Nexen N5000 tires.  Huh?  Never heard  
> of them.
>
> Google...  Not much info (at least in US English): Korean. All- 
> season. Cheap.
> Really cheap.
>
> We'll see how they perform.  My guess is that cheap new all-season  
> tires with
> deep tread are better than expensive 5-year old tires worn down to  
> the wear bars.
>
> http://www.nexentire.co.kr/english/product_tec/sub1_01.asp?idx=77&name=N5000
> http://www.unsertire.com/custom/product/Nexenn5000.aspx?
>
> On a side note, I was offered 4 new (delivery mileage) 17-inch Audi  
> split-spoke
> wheels with Pirelli tires for dirt cheap. I bought 'em. So I'm not  
> too concerned
> with the unknown Nexen tires. I'm thinking the 17-inchers will be  
> summer wheels,
> the 16-inch ones will be winter wheels.
>
> (How much more can I spend on my new car? No, don't tell me.)
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '99 A4 Avant, w/ quattro, V6, Tiptronic
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '91 200 TQA #1, undecided
> '91 200 TQA #2, up in smoke 2
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke
>
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