anyone tried Sumitomo HTR200?

[Roa, Greg]

I liked the AVS intermediates that I had on my 944 for a while, except
for two things.
1. They wear very quick.  They won't last nearly as long as you might
expect.

2.  They don't have much grip once the first 2/3 of the useable tread is
gone.  When this happened on my tires, the wet grip especially, went to
nothing.  On other tires I have used, like the Michelin pilots that are
on the 4kq, they still  stuck amazingly well, even when they were nearly
bald.

The yokohamas did however stick amazingly well when they were newer, in
both wet and dry.  I was very impressed until they wore thin.


I have no useful input on the original question though, so I'll stop
now.  : )

Good Luck!
Greg Roa
Cincinnati, OH
86' 4kcsq
93' 90 CS
83' 944

>From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
>To: "'Dan Simoes'" <dans at audifans.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: RE: anyone tried Sumitomo HTR200?
>Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:42:39 -0500
>
>Dan-
>My recommendation is the Yokohama AVS Intermediate. Yes, they're
>50% more expensive ($60) than the Sumitomos, but the AVS are a great
>tire and your choices are very limited in the stock size- 185/60R14.
>
>I checked and it's even worse in 195.
>
>Taka
>
>Subject: anyone tried Sumitomo HTR200?
>
>
>These tires are high performance summer tires, and are extremely cheap
>at Tire Rack ($39 ea in 195/60-14) and have good ratings. Has anyone
>here tried them?  If so, how were they?
>
>Remember that if you are going to order tires, clicking on the Tire
Rack
>banner from the audifans.com site before you order sends some money my
>way to help offset costs.
>
>Thanks.
>
>| Dan |