[s-cars] Wandering like a drunken sailor

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Funny that you say that Igor-
The Micheline Energy MXV4 Plus tires on Mom's VW NB in 205/55R16
are excellent in the rain. Drove back from Paul K.'s in heavy rain
on I-84 and I-684 at about 80 mph without any problems or any hints
of instability. Great in a straight line at least.

Yes, they howl when pushed, have low grip overall and generally poor
tires, but they are quite good in the rain on the highway and are
very quiet.

I'd get Nokian NRW-H or something similar to replace these tires,
but they won't die.

I agree w/ you, HTR-ZIIs are excellent tires. I'm happy with them
except for that they make an awful lot of noise well before the limit
of grip is exceeded.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: Igor Kessel [mailto:igor at s-cars.org]
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 10:07 PM
To: t44tq at mindspring.com
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Wandering like a drunken sailor


t44tq at mindspring.com wrote:
>
> Pilots doing that? Which model?

Michelin Pilot XGT V4 225/50VR16. I got them from Stefan, with 3/4 tread
left, who was about to throw them away in order to put new snow tyres on
his OEM 5-spokers. He was so displeased with them that didn't even want
to keep them as spares for his wife's Passat. And I needed _some_ tyres
in a hurry otherwise I wouldn't have taken them. I can't stand Michelin
brand tyres. Along with their tacky kitschy kiddie-babbling-in-the-rain
commercials. "Because so much is riding on your tyres" my ass. Presicely
because so much is riding on my tyres in my wife's car I would never buy
Michelins, especially for their pathetic wet characteristic.

Sumitomos HTRZII rule! Thanks to Scott J. for opening owr eyes on them.

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Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros