[V8] tires for the beast

[Ed Kellock]

I used a snow tire of the correct stock size on my V8 and it seemed
unstoppable.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Roger M. Woodbury [SMTP:rmwoodbury at downeast.net]
> Sent:	Friday, October 12, 2001 5:57 AM
> To:	v8 at audifans.com; Quattro
> Subject:	[V8] tires for the beast
> 
> My '93 V8 came with a practically new set of Pirelli Sport Veloces and so
> far, I have little to complain about.  So many of the roads that I drive
> on
> are rough, that all tires make a fair amount of noise but on the smooth
> interstate, the tires are really quiet.  Wet weather...well, here in the
> northeast, we haven't had much since last spring, but winter is coming,
> and
> I will wonder how these tires work in snow and slush.
> 
> When I had my 1990 V8, I felt that the car was not really terrific in
> slushy, semi-frozen snow, simiply because the tire foot print is so large.
> Clearly, for maximum winter traction a narrower tire would be superior.
> 
> My wife's 100 CS Avant came with a completely new set of Continental
> Contis
> of some sort.  Since they were new two months ago, or so, and are an all
> season tire, on that car, I expect winter driving to be a snap.
> 
> On the 200 Avant that was the precursor to the 100CS, I had used two sets
> of
> Firestone LH Touring Radials, and I would buy them again in a heart beat.
> They were very quiet in all conditions, and were really outstanding on the
> 200 Quattro in bad weather.  I buy tires locally, simply because there is
> no
> where that I can get my own tires mounted by people who I would trust to
> touch one of my cars.  I go to a Firestone dealership in Bangor, about
> thirty miles from here.  The owner is a former Porsche-Audi service
> manager.
> The prices they charge for the tires I buy are very close to any of the
> on-line tire outlets.
> 
> On my Porsche 928 while I had it, I used two sets of Dunlop 4000SP's. They
> were all season, Z rated and I found them to be the quietest tires
> available
> for that car (according to Tire Rack's data), and a bonus:  they last a
> long
> time and were the cheapest Z rated all season tire available.  The rears
> on
> that car were 245-45/16, so not terribly common.  The car was used all
> year
> long, although there were about six weeks when it wouldn't get out of the
> garage due to the ice.
> 
> Roger
> 
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