[BiturboS4] New Tires and noise question

[Derek Cheuk]

I had the pilot sports on my 01, and got about 40k out of mine, but I do
mostly highway driving.  I've gone to S03s this spring.  They're OK.


>From: Michael Kuriger <michael at isuzu-mods.com>
>To: ken kgrant <kaspgr at yahoo.com>
>CC: biturbos4 at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [BiturboS4] New Tires and noise question
>Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:16:19 -0700
>
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>damn, that sucks!  I just turned 16,000 miles in my 01 S4 and the tires
>still look like new.  I have the factory bridgestone tires.
>
>Mike
>
>ken kgrant wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a similar question.  I use two sets of tires on
> >my S4.  The Michellins that came with the car for the
> >summer (May-Nov) and Dunlop for the winter.
> >
> >I was at the dealer last Saturday and he looked at my
> >summer tires and said that I probably have another 5k
> >miles left on them!!!  Shoot, I only have about 15-18k
> >miles on my summer tires at the most.  Is this normal?
> >
> >I thought they were suppose to last at least 30k
> >miles.  And I do not race my car.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >Ken
> >
> >--- Step88 <step88 at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I had a set of Kumho Ecsta 712's on my Toyota Supra
> >>and found them to be
> >>decent tires in both wet and dry.  They were better
> >>than some of the other
> >>tires I had on the car over the years and at much
> >>less cost.  They wear like
> >>iron too.  I'll be interested to hear how they work
> >>for you.
> >>
> >>Bob Stephenson
> >>2000 S4 - stock throughout
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "daniel chisholm" <dbc112 at yahoo.com>
> >>Ok, I went and cheaped out. Got a set of Kumho from
> >>Tire Rack, will let
> >>everyone know how they are.
> >>
> >>
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