tires

[thejimrose]

yes for the $ the sumi is a decent tire. the general is very highly rated on
tirerack too..

next time i'm going for the goodyears. everyone raves about them. they're
not cheap, but not as $$$$$$$ as the michelin, bridgestone, pirelli, etc.

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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