Correction to Tires Post

Larry C. Leung l.leung at juno.com
Fri Aug 1 17:08:20 EDT 2003


Todd,

I'd heard the A/S was good, but if you are running for time, the loss in
dry grip, no matter how small, probably will make a difference if you're
a good, experienced time trialer. In street driving, I'd personally go
with
the A/S, especially if it has a greater treadwear rating (as most do).
With
tires this expensive, I'd want them to last as long as possible.

LL - NY

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 09:48:08 -0700 (PDT) Todd Phenneger
<tquattroguy at yahoo.com> writes:
> Also,
>   FWIW, I have read some tests between the Michlin Pilot Sport
> and the Pilot Sport A/S.  The A/S is VERY close to the summer
> sport in every Category.  In Wet they are nearly Identical with
> the A/S being better in deep water (hydroplaning) but similar
> traction.  In the DRY the summer tire was better but not by
> much.  For a daily driver car that will possibly be drivin on
> nice winter days but not in SNOW/ICE the Pilot Sport A/S seems
> like a GREAT tire to me.  Although very expensive.  Michlin
> considers it the most advanced tire they have.
>   Just some thought from my brain to yours. :-)
> l8r
>   Todd
>
> --- "Larry C. Leung" <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> > Correction - it was Grassroots Motorsports, not Autoweek
> >
> >
> > From: "Larry C. Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
> > > To: <tquattroguy at yahoo.com>
> > > Cc: <DieMarthaDie at aol.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:00 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Tires
> > >
> > >
> > > > Fabulous tires, but if you want performance and are
> > willing to
> > > compromise
> > > > on
> > > > things such as noise and ride quality, Autoweek had a test
> > of
> > > ultra high
> > > > perf tires
> > > > in which a Falken (don't recall the model, check the
> > website)
> > > street tire
> > > > (not a
> > > > DOT "R" tire) was champ. It was incredibly noisy and stiff
> > riding,
> > > but it
> > > > was
> > > > marginally tops in terms of track and auto-X performance
> > dry, and
> > > overall
> > > > tops in the wet. It was also relatively cheap. Close, but
> > not
> > > quite was
> > > > the Kumho
> > > > Ecsta MX and Sumitomo HTR-Z2, also relatively inexpensive.
> > Overall
> > > tops
> > > > of ALL
> > > > street tires was the Michelin Pilot Sport (NOT AS), but
> > it's
> > > roughly
> > > > double the cost
> > > > of any of the
>
>
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