Correction to Tires Post

[Larry C. Leung]

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