[s-cars] snow tires

[Pollock, Thomas]

Consider doing a steel wheel/tire combo package from someone like the TireRack.  I've bought these packages for the past three cars. Makes winter->summer->winter rotations easy and at your own leisure...

And in the rumor front, two people I know have either recently bought new Audis or are awaiting arrival. They both mentioned the probability that they'd have to buy a winter setup and were told that Audi now (probably always) offer some kind of winter package. I didn't get the details but one of them said that it was about $100 more than the TireRack package for his car (2002 A6 4.2) but they were a real alloy and not the steel wheel/hubcap thing. Can anyone confirm ?

Tom.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Levitt [mailto:lee at wheelman.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:14 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] snow tires


Someone mentioned snow tires...so I thought I'd ask. I know it's only
September, 80 degrees and sunny, but...

I'm going to be shopping for snow tires and my chosen brand (Nokia) doesn't
offer a snow in a 225/50 16. The closest they get is a 215/55 or 225/55, and
these are too tall for my car (will rub against the fender liner on
compression).

So I think my choices are to go with a 205/55 16 Nokia (and live with the
fact that they don't quite belong on an 8" wide wheel), or go to a different
tire (Michelin, Pirelli or Dunlop) that's available in a 225/50 16 size.

I ran a set of 205/55 16 Nokias on my 16x8 wheels, and while nothing bad
happened, they looked like they really wanted to be on a narrower rim...

If I went with Nokia, I'm undecided between the NRW and the Q. The NRW will
give better dry road performance, while I believe the Q will give better
deep snow performance.

Also, if I go with the Q's I'll be able to do back to back comparos with the
NRWs on my wife's A6 :)

Thoughts appreciated. My tire guy typically has really good pricing on snow
tires through mid-October...

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant


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