Advice on High Performance All Season Tires

[Efraim Gavrilovich]

What a coincidence. Just few hours ago I replaced my 4 years old and worn
out Pirelli P600 with Yoko's Avid H4. I went through few web sites of the
major tire manufacturers and Yoko Avid H4 seemed to be an ideal all season
tire. They are supposed to be very good on wet roads and we have about 190
rainy days and maybe one snowy day in a year here in Vancouver. The other
choice was Pirelli P6000 Sport Veloce but after looking at them I didn't
feel they would be better than Yoko's in the wet. By the way, Avid H4 has
UTQG rating 360, traction A and temperature A. I can hardly wait to try them
out tomorrow. By the way, rain for tomorrow is guaranteed.
Efraim Gavrilovich
1988 5KTQ 335,000km (208K mi), 1.8 Bar and wearing a NEW SHOES
1990 90 110,000km (68K mi)
Vancouver, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Elliott" <wcelliot at concentric.net>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:51 PM
Subject: Advice on High Performance All Season Tires


> Hi gang!
>
> Trying to give some advice to a friend for a reasonably-priced, very
> high performance all-season tire.  (I know, I know... I run SP8000's in
> the summer and Hakka Q's in the winter... and"all season" is really "no
> season")... but this car will be seldom driven in the winter, so he
> doesn't want to spend the $$ for true snows, but also doesn't want to be
> afraid to drive if he gets caught out in the snow.
>
> So dry traction and wet traction are of top importance, while snow
> performance is a distant 3rd.  He even autocrosses the car once or twice
> a year.  Area is Chicago surburban. Size is 245/50/16.
>
> After doing a quick review of the market, I've zeroed in on the Yoko
> AVSdb ($114) and the BFG g-Force T/A KDWS ($111).  I had first thought
> that the Dunlop SP5000 would be the way to go, but according to the
> tests and reviews on tirerack.com, it's been surpassed (on dry pavement;
> it's still much better in the snow) by these new tires...AND it's more
> expensive.
>
> Any other tires I should consider? Any advice between the two I picked?
> (The AVS seems to have the a slight dry pavement edge, same on wet
> pavement, much poorer in snow)
>
> BTW, I hope to have some pics of my for-sale '85 UrQ up soon!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bill Elliott
> Lake Barrington, IL
>
>