tires wisdom? '88 80Q

[Grant Lenahan]

its still a good summary for 90% of the a/s tires out there.

And in my case its not what i've heard. Its what i've driven on, many quite recently (say, 5 years).

I agree that the WR is - and has been for some time - the best compromise by far.

Its also limited availability and last i checked, almost silly expensive. Fully twice the street price of the tires i suggested originally (e.g.: HTR whatevers).  So under most circumstances i suggest having two sets of tires if you need real snow performance, or, conversely, real performance. e.g.: on a track, even well regarded, Z-rated, super-performance a/s (e.g.: michelin PS a/s - my vote as best overall of the bunch) dont perform and dont last.

So true a/s perf, without significant compromise, remains an elusive goal.

Grant
On Sep 26, 2010, at 5:42 PM, dgraber460 at aol.com wrote:

> <<A good summary of any alll-season tire, regardless of the cost.>>
>  
> I have always heard that statement as conventional wisdom regarding "all season" tires. It used to be true. No longer. The Nokian WR G2 is not cheap, but excellent in the snow, and _very_ good in the wet and dry. I would recommend them for any car needing a year round solution. 
> Tire compound technology combined with siping has come a long way in the last few years.
>  
> Dennis
> Denver
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net>
> To: audi at humanspeakers.com
> Cc: Tess McMillan <tessmc at eskimo.com>; quattro at audifans.com
> Sent: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 7:55 pm
> Subject: Re: tires wisdom? '88 80Q
> 
> > Affordable, reasonably sporty,
> > but not really made for winter.
> 
> A good summary of any alll-season tire, regardless of the cost.
> 
> Grant
> 
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