Dunlops Blow like the Snow

[Dave Aukerman]

Add to the fact that if your car is running with stiffer springs and struts
the amount of slippage is huge.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: George Tur <gtur at lucent.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Dunlops Blow like the Snow


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> Todd Young wrote:
>
> > Funny, I've driven D60A2 tires through two winters on my front wheel
> > drive 90S. Haven't gotten stuck yet. Haven't had any problems taking off
> > from a stop light either. Due to the fact that some bonehead at Sears
> > screwed up one of them, so I got a free new tire, I put 3 more new ones
> > on again. Guess I'll just have to put up with "sucky" Dunlop D60A2s for
> > another two years. <heavy sarcasm>
> >
> > PS: We all have our own opinions. I don't think the Dunlops are all that
> > bad, but others may. To each his own.
> >
> > washburn wrote:
> >
> >> Lawrence C Leung wrote:
> >> In my short Audi Quattro experience, but very long winter driving
> >> history, I will say that the Dunlop D60 A2's are without a doubt the
> >> worst tire I have ever had to drive on snow.  Absolutely awful.  It is
> >> extremely dissapointing to be driving my newly aquired and much touted
> >> *Quattro*, only to be blown off of snowy stoplights by RWD pickup
> >> trucks.  Sad.  Guess I gotta get winter rubber.
> >
> Mine and the family's experience with the Dunlop D60A2 tires in the snow
> is that once the tires get some wear on them they are horrible in the
> snow. I wonder if it's the aging of the tire and temperature drop that
> causes them to slide so badly on snow. They're not bad in the rain.
>
> My own 2 cents.
>
> George
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