Looking for four-season tire recommendations

[David.Ullrich at ferguson.com]

I've been waiting for this opportunity for a while. Back in December I was in the same boat as you, needed new tires, wanted high performance All-Seasons. I was also on a budget and stumbled upon a new tire from Kumho, the ECSTA HP4 716. Well, at about $200 for a set of 4 mounted & balanced (185/60/14), I couldn't resist. From Kumho's site:

"The HP4 716 High Performance All Season tire offers the best combination of quiet ride, handling, wet traction and long mileage, making this tire a great high performance value. The HP4 is the first Kumho high performance tire engineered from SCCA race tire technology.
UTQG: 360 A/A"

I have to agree with everything the page said. These tires are great. Very quiet, no squealing, handle well (for an all season, no comparing it to the Zs on my RX-7), should last a LONG time, and the price is right. Check out the site: http://www.kumhousa.com/pages/pcr/pass_hp.htm

Dave

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Former:
1981 Audi 4000 5+5
1982 Audi Coupe
1988 Audi 90 Quattro
1998 VW Passat GLS 1.8T



-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Wilson [mailto:dotnetguy at pobox.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 7:04 PM
To: Audi Quattro
Subject: Looking for four-season tire recommendations


Yes, I know, use 3-season and snows. I have snows that I'll use in the
deepest part of winter, but with the possibility of snow as early as
September and as late as June, I want more than 4 months on high performance
tires. :)

I have a set of Bridgestone RE-730s that will be dead by mid to end summer
that I enjoyed a lot. They got a little noisy at the end, but nowhere near
as noisy as my snows are now. I'd like something in a similar performance
category (recognizing that I'm giving up something by putting on 4 season
tires, of course), but capable of dealing with low temps and occasional
snow. The size tires I run is 235/45-17. I'll continue to use the snows in
the really deep of winter, so they don't have to be _exceptional_ snow
performers by any stretch.

If anybody has any suggestions, please send away!

Best regards,
Brad

2000 A6 2.7 biturbo quattro
2 turbos, 1 driver ... no limits