Tires for a 2007 A3 2.0t

[Grant Lenahan]

32k from summer high performance tires is excellent. Do you understand the trade off between wear and performance? Every tire is graded with a  wear number. High numbers last but have little grip. And vice-versa.

Get a good, all-season, high performance tires with a treadwear of 350>>

Conti's extremecontact A/s is a good trade off, but i have found the QC in the past to be poor.

Michelin's Pilot Sport All-season is excellent, but very pricey. There are many other tires. But i hesitate to recommend anything to someone who expects more than 32k out of the fronts. On one of my cars i'm very happy with 18k.

I do like the sumitomo HTR+ for the money.

Grant


On Aug 21, 2010, at 12:39 PM, Jeffrey Brown wrote:

> Howdy,
> 
> I have a 2007 A3 2.0t with the OE ContiProContact 225/45R17
> Mileage is about 32,000 and the fronts are just about done, backs have some
> life left, but I had a puncture in one of them repaired, which makes me a
> little nervous so I am planning to replace all 4
> 
> I sort of expected to get more than 32,000 miles from a set of tires, do
> other people have similar experiences with this tire?
> 
> Also, I would be looking at an all season assuming I could get something
> that performs reasonably well in the winter (I live in the north east US)
> and the current tires are pretty crappy in anything more than light snow
> 
> I don't really have the space to store summer/winter tires, which is why I'd
> be looking for a good all season tire, I don't really need a high
> performance tire but it would be nice if the sidewalls didn't roll on every
> corner :)
> 
> So I guess short version would be a tire that performs about as well as
> current tire in summer, but has better winter performance
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Jeffrey Brown
> jeffrey.r.brown at gmail.com
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