[s-cars] B I G snow tires

[Cody Payne]

I love my Dunlop WinterSport M2's on my UrS.  Granted I run them in a 225/45-17" size here in Denver I think they are the best performance snowtire from my experience.  I have ran them on my Neu-S4 and my 92 S4 with good results and great tire wear life (going on 3 seasons now)  However there are major sacrifices as due to the width and non-multicell compound they are for sure not the best Wintertire.  Just a good balance between performance and snow...with 65% being on the Performance side of the scale.  I also think a lot of guys are happy w/ the Nokian NRW's in the same size but I do not have any experience w/ Nokian.

Also the Dunlop WS M3's came out this year which are a pretty sharp too...appear to have more aggressive tread and softer compound.

cp

-----Original Message-----
From: t44tq at mindspring.com [mailto:t44tq at mindspring.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 3:02 PM
To: 'Raymond H. Tomlinson'; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] B I G snow tires


Ray-
Here's a suggestion that I think Luke wasn't thinking of:

205/50R17 Dunlop Wintersport M2

I cannot say that these are the be-all, end-all of snow
tires, but for a high-perf. snow tire (what an oxymoron),
I'm very very pleased with them.

Note, my experience with these tires is exclusively in
205/55R16 on 16x7 wheels on A4s only, but they are great-
decent grip in the dry, no problems in the rain, no problems
in slush and they're quite fun in deep snow.

My experience with Nokian NRW-H in 225/45R17 on 17x7.5" wheels
says that they are not the right tire for real snow, although
they are great in NJ/PA "joke of a winter" type conditions.

Anyway, that all said, the NRW is being superceded by the
new WR tire, so if you must buy Nokian, get the WR.

Also, the Dunlops are NOT a multicell compound and the treadwear
seems quite decent- 3 seasons to date, going on the car usually
late November/early December, coming off in March.

IF I had known that the Dunlops were available in 205/50R17,
I would have bought them over the Nokians and I think I would
be a much happier snow driver when it actually does snow. If I
make it up to VT this winter, I know I'll be driving very carefully
with these Nokians. More than likely, I'll grab the A4 Avant.

One more thing, about the 16" wheels- if the calipers barely clear,
you'll have problems in snow/ice when slush/ice deposits on the inside
of the wheel and causes that 1mm clearance to disappear.

Taka

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