TIRES

[Wayne Keown]

I haven't read all the emails in this string, but my
winter tires on my S4 are Nokian Hakkepelitas and I
think they are awesome in all winter conditions!  I
even get a little better gas mileage with them than I
do with my performance tires.  

Wayne
--- Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> > Huw,
> > 
> > As mentioned in the original post - If one was
> willing to pay for one of the premium
> > tires -  what is best.  Money is not the limiting
> factor.  Of course there are
> > limitations, but most of the tires are available
> for under $150 each and seems price
> > does not necessarily dictate how good they are.
> 
> Ah, thanks, I must have skimmed over that part.  I
> know price does not = 
> quality, but there are still ranges.
> 
> And if one is buying expensive tires, they sure had
> better be good.
> 
> I had some Michelin Pilot things that were awesome
> once, I actually 
> didn't mind spending 125 each to keep buying them,
> until they didn't 
> make my size anymore.
> 
> Now I just run net $60 Kumhos, which I like, but I
> don't push them. 
> They got me around just fine on crappy packed snow
> roads yesterday, 
> though (too lazy to put my snows on this year...). 
> I think New England 
> ran out of salt or something.
> 
> -- 
> Huw Powell
> 
> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
> 
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