[s-cars] Wandering like a drunken sailor

[jimk at spotgraphicsinc.com]

My 1993 S4 came with the same tire in the same size and Igor is right,
they are not very good.  When I got the car I thought, OK, I'll burn
through these and then spring for a 17" upgrade.  Well, 2.5 years, 35000
miles and 2 track events later they still had tread left on them and I
finally gave up and sold them for $25 each to a BMW lister. Ha!  In the
dry I thought they were sort of OK (not too loud) but in the wet they
were really spooky, especially on a track.  I also felt they had a lot
of harshness, going to Sumitomo's on 17's with no other changes did not
make the car ride any firmer in my opinion.
Jim K.

Message: 7
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 22:07:00 -0400
From: Igor Kessel <igor at s-cars.org>
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.

--
Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros