That time of year is coming- snow tire recommendation
Douglas Frank
frank at zk3.dec.com
Fri Sep 21 16:17:09 EDT 2001
Benjamin Kwan wrote:
>
> I have a new 2001.5 A4 1.8Tq with the sport package. The sport package
> consists of 17" rims with 225/45/17 Michelin Pilot Sports. I know these
> will not cut it in the snow. Do you think it would be OK to put my old
> 195/65/15 Yokohama Guardex's from my old 92 100CSq on there. Same bolt
> pattern and offset.
If the wheel fits, I don't see why not. Tirerack.com says the rolling
diameter of the Michelins is 24.8" vs. 24.1" for the Yoko's. (837 revs/mile
vs. 861). With the snows on, your speedo will read about 2% high (you'd be
going slower than it says).
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Douglas Frank Compaq Computer Corp.
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603-884-0501 Nashua, NH USA 03062 the better I was.
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