Potenza RE730 noisier than Dunlop SP8000

[edkellock at juno.com]

Yes.  Grippy, quiet, smooth.  
That durn gold shoe just ran right out in front of me.
And I have no idea where that nail came from...

;-)

Ed

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:27:55 -0600 Joe Fyffe <jcnf at qwest.net> writes:
> I'll agree with Gary on this.  I drove his car this past
> Saturday for the first time, and the tires were VERY quiet, 
> extremely grippy and
> not at all uncomfortable.  Having ridden in the car with the snows 
> on it, there
> was a huge difference.  I was very impressed by how quiet the 
> aggressive tread
> was, and by the great grip.  We were attacked by a 70 mph golf shoe 
> on the
> return trip while Ed K. was driving.  Made it fairly interesting on 
> the
> interstate.
> Joe
> 
> "Kaklikian, Gary" wrote:
> 
> > See the tire discussions on the S-car list. The reasonably priced 
> summer
> > tire of choice is the Sumitomo HTRZ11.  I just put them on my '92 
> and am
> > impressed with how quiet and comfortable they are. Steering 
> response and dry
> > traction are excellent; wet traction is supposed to be incredible, 
> though
> > I've yet to encounter rain. Highly recommend them.
> >
> > Gary Kaklikian
> > 86 4ktq
> > 92 S4
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Billing [mailto:eric.billing at sdrc.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 10:45 AM
> > To: Quattro list
> > Subject: Potenza RE730 noisier than Dunlop SP8000
> >
> > I've been considering the RE730 for my 93 S4... Therefore the 
> recent
> > discussion caught my attention.
> >
> > I've noticed that several of you have mentioned the RE730 is 
> noisy. Can you
> > elaborate? Is it noisy under normal driving conditions, or are you 
> referring
> > to noisy when driven aggressively (i.e. at the track)?
> >
> > Is the SP8000 less noisy in same situations?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > --
> >
> > Eric Billing
> >
> > 93 100csqa
> > 93 urS4
> >
> > eric.billing at sdrc.com
> 
> 
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