[A4] tires, speaking of tires, anyone have any used 17's lay'n around?

[Grant Lenahan]

I tend to feel the same way. However, -- on a more factually driven  
note -- I ran different front and rear brands on my 1991 90q20 for  
about 30k miles with no ill effect. I'd also note that uneven front <- 
 > back wear probably causes more "slip[" than two different brands.

Grant
On Dec 27, 2007, at 10:03 AM, LL - NY wrote:

> I wouldn't want a notable difference in wear from front to rear on  
> a T_rs*n
> equipped car, since that differential in rotational speeds may  
> actually
> be enough to get the T_rs*n to "activate".
>
> LL - NY
>
> On 12/27/07, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:
> Here's the scoop.  There's no magic - just 3 differentials and
> depending on the year, ABS. All of those like zero rotational
> differential, but can tolerate some, generally up to about 0.5% to
> 1%.  Keep in mind that rotational differential exists whenever you  
> turn.
>
> The advice from audi is to replace in pairs.  But if one tire shows
> little wear, you can replace one.  It must be identical.
>
> You can run different front and rear tires/brands/etc/ The usual
> impact on under/oversteer apply. the laws of physics have nto been
> repealed.
>
> Grant
> On Dec 27, 2007, at 2:23 AM, Rocky Mullin wrote:
>
> >
> > i'm not so sure about that.  but it's your car!
> >
> > On Dec 26, 2007, at 10:51 PM, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> >
> >> quattros do not need to have all 4 tires replaced at the same time.
> >> However, as I plan to switch to new tires, I do expect to replace
> >> all 4.
> >
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