[ba] seeking winter tire (tahoe) reccomendation from locals....
jim rose
sf5ktq at hotmail.com
Wed Dec 12 12:06:34 EST 2001
which ones do you run?
>From: Shayne <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
>To: <ba-group at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: [ba] seeking winter tire (tahoe) reccomendation from
>locals....
>Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:15:43 -0800
>
>Boy, up here in snow country, we GLADLY pay the prices for a set up good
>Hakkas + winter rims. A real quattro saver. But, I guess we even out in
>cost of living. I just bought a place in Oakland so I will soon be making
>the trade off.
>
>
>Shayne P.
>
>
>
>1972 MB 280 SEL 4.5
>1984 4ksq
>1986 MB 560 SEL
>1991 v8q5
>1991 200q Sedan
>1992 S4
>
>Parting: 1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
>
> > From: Matt twentyV <matt_20v at yahoo.com>
> > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:49:06 -0800 (PST)
> > To: jim rose <sf5ktq at hotmail.com>, ba-group at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [ba] seeking winter tire (tahoe) reccomendation from
>locals....
> >
> > I used to try and run an all-season tire year round,
> > but found that compromised both dry and snow
> > performance, so now I run a full-on snow tire in
> > the winter on my 2K S4- Pilot Alpins. (I don't
> > remember what the difference is between these and
> > the Arctic Alpins). These are expensive, but..
> >
> > I am quite happy with them both in the snow at Tahoe
> > and here on the flatlands. They are a little
> > squishier than the summer tires on dry roads, but
> > still do OK. On snow and ice they are very good. I
> > was at Tahoe 2 weeks ago during the big storms and
> > they performed great on some very scary ice driving
> > over Donner summit, and slogged through deep snow and
> > slush around the lake just great. Didn't help at
> > all with the zero visibility though ;->
> > HTH,
> > Matt Rooke
>
>
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