quattro digest, Vol 1 #4165 - Dunlop SP Sport A2 Tires on an 80 Quattro

[Larry C Leung]

Steve,

Since owning the 200Q I now use dedicated summer and winter tires.
No interest in A/S except perhaps Pilot XGT-Vor Z -4's, or BFG KDWS.
The Dunlops (and previous BFG C T/A HR4) were fine on the lighter less
powerful 4KQ, but not on the heavy higher powered T44TQ. I personally
did experience Touring T/A's on my friend's 4KQ (the P.O. of HIS 4KQ
had them on his car, my 4KQ's P.O had the C T/A HR4s, which I kept
buying until they were gone) and there really was no comparison in the
dry/rain between the tires. In the snow, the Touring's were better, but
both
my friend and I used dedicated snows. The D60 A2 were similar to the
C T/A HR4, but not quite as responsive, REALLY poor in snow for an A/S
and noisier. But they were fairly priced and availible for a LONG time,
and
close enough to the C T/A HR4 to have been considered. As the SP Sport
A2 are improvements over the D60 A2 (except noise, which is worse, OR
Subie Legacy's don't have the insulation of a 4KQ), they aren't bad as
A/S
tires on a relatively light 80. Hence, the comments on them....

LL - NY



On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 12:17:18 -0800 Steven Sprague <ssprague at nmgovlaw.com>
writes:
> l.leung at juno.com wrote:
>
> > Jeff,
> >
> > ....I were happy with the old D60A2, although they weren't as nice
> as the
> > discontinued 1st
> > gen BFG Comp T/A HR4 for an inexpensive H-rated all-season.
> >
>
> Have you looked at the BFG Touring T/A's?  The prior owner put these
> and seem to
> handle well.  They are HR4 rated, possibly the replacement tires for
> the Comp T/A?
> I can let you know when we get rain and I head to the snow.  Also,
> in the
> 215/60-15's they are quite resonable-$64 at Tire Rack.
>
> HTH,
>
> Steve
> 91 200q20v
> 84 4kq (Former car, now enjoying Rally Cross with new owner)
>
> >
> > LL - NY
> >
> > Date: Mon,  4 Nov 2002 19:52:33 -0800
> > From: "Jeff" <80Q at jp77.com>
> > Reply-To: <80Q at jp77.com>
> > To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Subject: Dunlop SP Sport A2 Tires on an 80 Quattro
> >
> > It's time for tires.
> >
> > The tire shop is recommending Dunlop SP Sport A2 tires and I
> wondering if anyone
> >  has any experience with these tires.  Thank you.
> >
> > Jeff
>
>
>