[s-cars] You guys ever hear of these winter tires? Any good?

[Vincent Frégeac]

Hi,

For me, it's just a marketing gimmick. Hard silice particules have been
used in winter tires for years and in the description of their concept,
I haven't seen anything different than what Blizzak have been since the
beginning. Me too, I'd like to see a complete VTI test with not only
tire brands but also tire models.

BTW Bruce, you say your favorite winters are Pirellis. What model and
size have you. I have Snowport 210 in 205/60R15 on my urS6 and my
personnal feeling are... they suck. Noise, wet and dry handling are
pretty good, I have to admit, but for that I have my summer tires.
Braking in snow is decent but steering really suck compare to the
Blizzak WS-50 I have on my 90Q20V. Is it just because I compare
dedicated snow tires to occasional snow tires? May be. Anyway, I was a
bit surprise to see someone saying my personnal worst choise is his
favorites. A good exemple of YMMV.



Vincent.

-----Message d'origine-----
De : s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] De la part de Daniel Hussey
Envoyé : 20 sept. 2003 01:16
À : Bruce Mendel; s-car-list at audifans.com
Objet : Re: [s-cars] You guys ever hear of these winter tires? Any good?

Never heard of them, ever!  But, sounds interesting.  I'd like to know
more.
One thing I don't know is much about the testing they did.  What
Blizzaks
did they test them against?  Also, remember you can construct a tire to
work
awsome in one type of test, but may fail others.  Ice tires often don't
perform well in snow, and vice versa.  Finding one that works pretty
well in
both, wasn't noisy and handled well on dry roads too was my goal.

They did not test the Hakkas, Videstan, or my favorites...  the
Pirellis.

I'd love to learn more though.  Maybe they are as good as they say?

Later,
Dan

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