tires

[Grant Lenahan]

I had Sumitomo htr+ on my S4.  yea, they were pretty good all  
around.  And cheap.

Unlike the top of the line Bridgestones that I got 7 out-of-round  
examples of in a row.

It's amazing how all the good shops all say "Michelin is the best"  
and "goodyear's high end tires are close"
I replaced the Bidgestone's with GoodYears.  Problem solved.

Grant
On Feb 23, 2008, at 3:50 PM, thejimrose wrote:

> to add 2 datapoints; i've used kuhmo ecsta supra's [711?] and sumitomo
> htrz-2 on my a4. both in a 235 45 17 size. both were very highly  
> recommended
> by folks on various audi forums with loads of experience [track,  
> winter,
> etc]. i run full on summer tires and a seperate wet of winter  
> wheels/tires.
> those are dunlop wintersport m3's [225 50 16] and they are absolutely
> bananas. great in everything - dry, wet, snow, noise, etc. i love  
> them.
>
> the kuhmo's wore VERY poorly for me but were a good all round tire.  
> dry,
> wet, noise, etc were all quite good. however the outer edges were worn
> through in less than 10k miles. my car is lowered, and has a bit of  
> negative
> camber, but toe is dead parallel and shouldn't have killed the  
> tires as fast
> as they did.
>
> the sumi's are inferior in terms of dry grip. they are decent in  
> the rain,
> they just feel 'squirmy' in the dry. they are wearing very well /  
> evenly -
> in 5k miles no perceptable wear. and i drive really hard. they were,
> however, CHEAP. like 90$ a tire.
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