Getting Fed Up with 17-in Low Profile Tires.....

[LL - NY]

So far, I've been happy with my 235/45-17 Falken FK451's, but I've barely
got 4000 miles on 'em. Excellent in the rain, lots of dry grip, quiet and
smooth riding at the expense of response, they're
somewhat softer in sidewall than I had hoped for in a Max Perf tire. Not too
expensive either. I was
expecting them to be Kumho MX equivalents (lack the response) when they were
hard to get, so
in that respect, a bit of a disappointment, but for daily driving, they're
pretty darned good.

LL - NY  '95.5 //S6

On 4/18/07, Chris Newbold <chris at newbold.org> wrote:
>
> On 4/17/07, Bob Gregory <rggpa1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > My B5 S4 (225-45-17) came with the famous bubble prone RE040's and 3 of
> those died well
> > before their tread life was over.  Changed to Toyo T1-S, and they wore
> out amazingly fast, wore
> > heavily (strangely) on the inside, and had substantial tread separation
> issues.  Just changed to
> > Conti SportContact and within 1 week,  a bubble appears in a
> sidewall!  I know exactly what
> > caused it and it wasn't much.
>
> My B5 S4 also had the RE040s, and I managed to get a couple of free
> ones out of the dealer after finding some AoA document detailing the
> failures. I put them all out of their misery at the track. Like you, I
> also tried the T1-S; that tire seemed like it might have been okay for
> a 2500lb car, but it didn't do well with 3800lbs of Avant on top...
>
> Which brings me to the Michelin Pilot PS/2. I'm on my second set now--
> and I've never, ever bought the same tire twice in the past. These
> stick like silly wet or dry and have proven robust on New England
> "roads" for seasonal use.
>
> I've used NRWs for winter tires before, though in the stock 225/45-17
> size. Those were indestructible, and my mechanic always hated mounted
> them because of the iron-like sidewalls.
>
> -Chris
> 2001.5 S4 Avant 6spd   -- Pilot PS/2 & Conti WinterContact TS810
> 2004 allroad 2.7T -- Nokian WR
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