tires

[Larry C Leung]

Found the Kumhos (good tire, great price) good to about mid-thirties,
then they start getting skittish, even in the dry. Before you fault the
tire, this is probably their glassing temp. My "R" rubber tires start to
glass about 50 degrees F, making them useless for those real late season
Auto-X's (can't get the tread temps up with a 2200 lb car when it's cold
out!). 

LL - NY

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 13:50:09 -0400 lee at wheelman.com (Lee M. Levitt)
writes:
>
>Andrew Duane USG <duane at hunch.zk3.dec.com> writes:
>
>> After almost soiling my pants driving home last night in a 
>rainstorm,
>> I have realized it is time to retire those "lovely" Goodyear Eagles
>
>> They also seem to rate the Dunlop SP Sport 5000 Asymetricals pretty
>> highly, including a much better snow traction rating. Anyone use 
>these?
>> My driving is mostly back road "spirited" driving, some highway, a 
>lot
>> of time skiing too. They seem like a reasonable choice, but a "W"
>> speed rating? Maybe if I drive off a cliff!
>
>I was out last night in that deluge with the wife's A6. The Dunlop 
>5000s
>worked just fine :)
>
>I'm pretty pleased with the tires...for her car. They are a great all 
>around
>tire, quiet, decent handling wet/dry, pretty good snow grip, etc.
>
>...but I am swapping those off for NRWs in about a month. Cheap 
>insurance
>against bodywork...
>
>> Note: to head off any snow tire wars, I do not think I want to go 
>the
>> dedicated snow tire route. I'm quite happy with today's good All 
>Season
>> radials, and don't have the space or $$$ for an extra set of tires.
>
><sigh> You *really* should get a set of NRWs now, and then get a set 
>of
>Kumhos in the spring. The Kumhos are awfully cheap ($75 per tire or 
>less)
>and fun. :)
>
>This is exactly the configuration on my S6. The Kumhos are 
>surprisingly good
>tires, both wet and dry...but I would *not* drive them in the snow. 
>NRWs go
>on my car just after the first flake hits the ground.
>
>Lee
>'95.5 S6 avant
>'96 A6 quattro avant
>