[Biturbos4] Tire Recomendation? and possible tire for sale.
Quincy Chiang
b5quattro at shaw.ca
Sat Aug 28 17:49:56 EDT 2004
That is BS, but I agree with the possible liability part. V-rated tires are good to 240 km/h, and H-rated is good to 210 km/h, who's actually gonna drive that fast? You'd be breaking the law anyways!!
Quincy
----- Original Message -----
From: Nicholas Mistry <nick at mistry.com>
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2004 2:33 pm
Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Tire Recomendation? and possible tire for sale.
> Yes, i have a similar situation here. My wife has a 92 legend as
> well
> (~ 90k miles) which we use for long trips and when we dont want to
> take
> a nice car into the city. We tried to get H rated tires on it,
> and
> the rep said something about the loading characteristics of H
> rated
> tires and the legend series of cars....
>
> Sounded like b/s to me, so i did some research and ordered her
> some H
> rated michelin MXV's from tirerack. They are great tires for that
> car.
> They definitely give a softer ride than the V rated, but we have
> had no
> problems at all! Actually we are over 30k on them and still
> have
> quite a bit of tread left to go.
>
> My feelings are that the tire companies generally do not want to
> sell
> you a lower rated tire than your OE tires b/c of the liability.
> Some
> idiot might sue b/c they had a blowout at a speed that the tires
> were
> not rated for.
>
> Anyways, I think this will be the last set of tires for that car
> before
> we trade it for a new A4 or Passat for her.
>
>
>
>
> Al Smith wrote:
>
> > Just to add my 2 cents into this discussion, I have purchased
> tires and
> >had tires rotated at my local Costco store in Norwalk, Ct. I
> watched them
> >through the whole procedure, and they do excellent work. First
> time I have
> >seen a shop use a torque wrench to properly adjust the lugs.
> >
> > I was disappointed that they wouldn't put "H" rated tires on
> my wife's
> >1992 Acura Legend (only 54000 miles), because the car originally
> came with
> >"V" rated tires. I thought that "H" would be more than enough
> for a car
> >that rarely goes over 60mph and hardly is a performance car.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Quincy Chiang" <b5quattro at shaw.ca>
> >To: "Nicholas Mistry" <nick at mistry.com>
> >Cc: <Biturbos4 at www.audifans.com>
> >Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 7:52 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Tire Recomendation? and possible tire
> for sale.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Good choice! Just make sure the Costco people do a good job
> mounting the
> >>
> >>
> >tires and not scratch up the rims!
> >
> >
> >>Quincy
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Nicholas Mistry <nick at mistry.com>
> >>Date: Friday, August 27, 2004 1:57 pm
> >>Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Tire Recomendation? and possible tire
> for sale.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Just wanted to say thanks to the group for all the suggestions.
> I
> >>>finally decided to go with a set of Mich Pilot Sports P2. I
> >>>got a
> >>>good deal on them from my local costco w/ road hazard / lifetime
> >>>rotation / lifetime balance / lifetime repair. Plus all of this
> >>>is
> >>>good at any costco in the US. Not too shabby..
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Thanks again.
> >>>
> >>>-N
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Nicholas Mistry wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I have finally gotten tired of listening to my Stock Pirelli
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>P6000's
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>and am looking for some new shoes for my '01 B5 S4. Right now i
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>am
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>having a hard time deciding, because i have no experience w/ any
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>on my
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>list.
> >>>>
> >>>>As with most of the S4 drivers, I use my S4 as my daily driver.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>My
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>driving style is quite spirited. Wet & Dry Performance is
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>extremely
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>important, as well as LOW ROAD NOISE. Also, these tires will
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>never
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>see a track or snow.
> >>>>
> >>>>So, here is my list, all 225/45-17(in order of my preference):
> >>>>1. Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3
> >>>>2. Michelin Pilot Sport PS2
> >>>>3. Michelin Pilot Sport
> >>>>4. Kumho Ecsta MX ( friend's recommendation b/c of $)
> >>>>
> >>>>What I would like to know, do any of you have experience w/ any
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>these tires? If so what type of experience have you had in
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>terms of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>performance, wet traction, and road noise? Are there any
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>others
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>that people can highly recommend?
> >>>>Now for the for sale part. I have one (unfortunately) mounted
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>P6000
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>225/45YR17 with < 1 miles on it. One of my in law's gardeners
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>damaged
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>one of my tires and I got a free one out of it. My inlaws had
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>the new
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>tire mounted b/c i was traveling when the incident happened.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Anyways,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>the tire still has the little spikes on it, and is still in
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>BRAND NEW
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>condition. It now sits as my spare.
> >>>>
> >>>>When I get the new set of tires, I will most likely sell this
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>tire, or
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>keep it for the spare. I am happy to email pictures if you are
> >>>>interested. The tire is located in San Antonio, TX (78233).
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>If you
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>are interested, please contact me via email.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>>-N
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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