Dunlops Blow like the Snow

[The Balakrishnans]

They were great on my 875kcstq when new.  After about 20k miles on them, the
band separated (on more than one tire) and caused high noise and severe
vibration.  But they felt great when new.  Now I have Pirelli P4000's on thr
87.  Our 90 200 TQW has had Goodrich Comp TA/HR and they have been quite
good so far with 20k miles on them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
To: <tyoung at wamnet.com>
Cc: <washburn at dwave.net>; <l.leung at juno.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: Dunlops Blow like the Snow


> Through snippage, I inadvertantly became the owner of the quote below.
> (Hmmm, is this what politics is like?). IMHO, though the D60's aren't
> anywhere near as good as real snows, they don't totally blow. You just
> have to go slow if you expect to stop or turn. Summer tires, now, THEY
> blow in the snow.
>
> LL - NY
>
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 07:10:00 -0600 Todd Young <tyoung at wamnet.com> writes:
> >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.
>
> -----------------------------snippy--------------------------
>
> >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:  (NO, I DIDN'T)
>
> -----------------snip somehow lost, NOT my quote (LL - NY)
> ----------------
> >> 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.
> ----------------
>
> See comment above on MY opinion
>
> -------------------
> IN addition,  UNEDITED
>
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:16:59 -0500 George Tur <gtur at lucent.com> writes:
> >
> >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
> >
>
> Lawrence Leung writes: I'd agree, when I spun my 4KQ (again, admitting
> that I was attempting to compare the D60s to my dedicated snows, so I
> spun in a safe and predicted space. If there was more room I would have
> tried a power slide, but discretion won) the D60s had about 2 years and
> 18 K miles on them.