[s-cars] Tires for B5 S4

[Lee Levitt]

Mine are the Z1 Stars, and they're pretty quiet. I do hope I get more than
12K miles out of them...that would make two seasons on the A4, which would
be acceptable...
 
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From: LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:17 PM
To: Dave Kase
Cc: Lee Levitt; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tires for B5 S4


I somehow doubt the StarSpecs (which are a performance step beyond the
Sports) be the least bit quiet anyway. They are in the same catagory as the
Bridgestone RE01R, Falken Azenis RT615 and to a somewhat lesser degree the
Hankook Z212 RS2. All are just one step below DOT-R rubber, have ultra stiff
sidewalls, very low voids in the tread, and hence ride harshly and are
comparatively noisy, and aren't the absolute best at evacuating water from
under their contact patches. They are the top dogs of the SCCA Street Tire
classes, and while much more streetable than DOT-R's, they aren't for the
faint of heart. Most would be hard pressed to last more than 12K miles,
particularly on a less than lightweight  UrS. 

LL - NY


On 7/28/08, Dave Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com> wrote: 

The Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec are cheap and have great reviews.  The
problem is, there are none to be had...



Lee Levitt wrote:
> I'm running the new Dunlops Direzza Sports. They're wonderful, but
expensive.
>
> Lee
>
>
> At 07:01 PM 7/27/2008, calvinlc at earthlink.net wrote:
>
>> Presently I have BF G KDW-2's on (235/40/18)and the yare great except for
2
>> things:
>> 1) I have to take advil for trips longer than 30 minutes due to horrible
>> road noise
>> 2) They are still the weakest link given my H&R coilovers
>>
>> So my question is: How much difference would there be in dry grip between
>> these and the Pzero Nero All Seasons?  When looking at some of the lap
>> tyimes on tire rack it doesn't seem to be tons, but the problem is they
are
>> tested on different days, etc.  The second question is what Ultra High
Perf.
>> summer tire could anybody recommend that is quiet, handles as good as the
>> KDW-2, and is not going to break the bank?  It really sucks, cuz I have
tons
>> of tread on the KDW-2s but they are so fricking noisy!
>>
>> --Calvin
>>
>>
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