tires:

[Lloyd McClelland]

Hi     I've put a year on the  Toyo T1s on the '90 Coupe quattro, 215/45/17.
Grip wise they are great for high speed sweepers with power on out of the
corners, their ultimate grip is faster than I want to go on  a 2 lane
highway. I have not tried them in tight sliding turns , to many $ signs  I
guess.... What amazed me was their wet weather grip , amazing in wet  turns
and  in their  resistance to hydroplaning.     I'm sold    Lloyd
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com>
To: quattro at audifans.com <quattro at audifans.com>
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:23 AM
Subject: RE: tires:


>
>Ti Kan wrote:
>
>> I would also like to hear listers' opinions about the Toyo Proxes T1-S.
>
>There's a couple of us on the list running them. I'm on my second set,
first
>set was 16", current set 17".
>
>I've run Dunlop SP9000s, Kumho 712s and a variety of other tires on my
Audi.
>
>The T1s is by far the best overall tire I've driven for this car...while it
>doesn't have quite the quick response of the Kumho, it certainly does have
>the same overall grip or better. In addition, it is *far* lighter than the
>Kumho...and most other tires, and this translates into significantly better
>ride. The Kumho was just too stiff...I couldn't use a 17" wheel on my car
>with the Kumho and sold my set of Kumho/OZ wheels...it was that bad.
>
>Very stable at speed, great overall tire.
>
>I'm thinking about putting a set on my wife's car when her Dunlop SP9000s
go
>away.
>
>Lee
>'95.5 S6 avant
>'96 A6 quattro avant
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