Tires for a 2007 A3 2.0t

[NIck Miller]

I agree here, in the fact that if you want a tire lasting basically in the
40-60kmi range, which it seems youre looking for, its not going to be a
"good" tire by most peoples assesments.  I'm happy with 12k to 15k on a set
of RS3's or T1R tires, and that's really excellent.  Because they grip like
mad, and there is no replacement for something like that.   You getting that
tire to 32k is a feat, it means that likely you never push the car cornering
in any way which is fine, but you probably don't need something like that.

Not many good all seasons out there in snow, I feel.  The quattro system
helps but real snows will be many many times better than any all season.
General makes a great snow tire which the name alludes me, but the altimax
HPs are a decent allseason by general.  I took those through veil pass in a
nasty storm and made it out.  Kuhmo Excsta's are my choice on the Audi,
somewhat cheap but very good performer for the money.  Even their UHP
offering is pretty nice.

Like he said, Treadwear in the 400 range.  I'd stay away from 550+ rated
tires, they are too much of a trade off for high wear ratings...

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net>wrote:

> 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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