[s-cars] Tire Recommendations

[Douglas Landaeta]

Good question, I paid about $12 per wheel (not just any shop, but known,
reputable and has a much newer wheel machine) for the mounting, disposal,
stems, balance, work. I believe that if I asked a good tire shop to procure
the same tires, they might be $20-30 more per tire, (maybe more, if they
actually stocked them) and the mounting stuff would remain the same. It is
true, I don't get lifetime rotations, but if I swap snows on and off myself,
I'll rotate then. On average, I'd guess the mail order route saved me
$80-100.

You can always search out the desired tires and then buy new wheels to go
with them and have them mounted and balanced before they ship to you - 17"
OZ Chronos is on my wish list!

Doug L

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Rector [mailto:urs4 at magnaspeed.net]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 5:04 PM
To: landaeta1 at comcast.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tire Recommendations


When you guys buy mail order tires, who puts them on?  Some local tire
shop?  Is it really cheaper to do it this way?  I mean you when you just
go to the tire shop they put them on, do the old tire disposal, and
balance.  Usually provide free rotation for the life of the tire too.
If you buy the tires mail order and then pay for this stuff separately,
does it really come out to be less or are you just doing it so you can
get tires your local tire shops don't carry?

Joel

Douglas Landaeta wrote:

>Joel,
>
>I followed the crowd, too, with special interest in Lee's experience with
>tires... (Boston weather and several vehilces in his garage) ---> Toyo
>Proxes 245/45/16, on stock AVUS wheels, got them at 1010tires, but after
>their somewhat inflated shipping, prolly could have shaved another 12-13$
>off the total price of 4 somewhere else.
>
>Excellent in the wet, first few hundred miles needed to really feel the
grip
>they have, great Summer tire, of course, now I can feel the slush in the
>suspension and the steering a bit more. Perhaps I should rotate them soon?
>
>Doug L
>94 S4
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
>[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Philip Mische
>Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:27 PM
>To: Joel Rector; s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tire Recommendations
>
>
>I did my usual agonizing research before I decided on the Toyos and I am
>happy with the choice.  245-40 17s for ~$160 ea from eTires.com.  I hear
>from qualified sources that the 255s fit on 8" wide wheels, though the
>fitment guide says no.
>
>Great grip, reasonable ride, not too noisy, and way less weight than the
>S0-2s that came off.
>
>Phil Mische
>95.5 S6
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joel Rector" <urs4 at magnaspeed.net>
>To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:50 PM
>Subject: [s-cars] Tire Recommendations
>
>
>
>
>>I'm buying my first set of 225/50 16" tires for my 93 Audi S4.  Help me
>>decide.  what are you listers running and for what
>>climate/weather/season and type of driving?
>>
>>I did some web searching and I'm seeing alot of people like the
>>Bridgestone S02/S03, Dunlop SP 9000, Toyo Proxes T1-S, Yokohama AVS
>>Sport, and some others.  Any in favor of any of these or any others?
>>
>>I know this has been brought up before, and I did search the list
>>archive but didn't find enough info.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Joel Rector
>>
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