[s-cars] Snow tire problem

[mlp]

Ouch, wish I'd known 4 days ago.  I just pulled 4 1/2 or so used Blizzack ??
LM15's 16" something's (may have been 215x55 or 205x55's, not 225x50's) off
the Green car to replace with 225/50x16 Nokian Rsi's up at Steamboat.  Left
the tires at Bob's Conaco in Steamboat Springs, but could have tried to
stuff them one of the cars headed back to Chicago, .... if only I'd a known.

FWIW, I presently have three (3) Michelin Pilot "Alpine" in 225/45x17 91 "H"
rated.  They've been used one winter season.  Make offer.  Tires are located
in the Denver area.

Last, for ultimate ice traction, the word I've been hearing from the tire
testers, is a tire's "Born on Date" is increasingly important.  

Anybody tried the newer Michelin Ice-X or is it X-Ice snows this year?  Audi
was equipping their Seefeld school cars with Michelin studded "Invalda"
tires that at least looked to have a similar tread pattern to the US market
Ice-X.

Mike Pederson


>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
>
>S-heads,
>
>Yesterday I noticed a big bubble in the sidewall of one of my Dunlop
>Graspic snow tires on the S6 Avant.     FWIW they are mounted on the
>16x8" UrS4 factory 5 spoke wheels.  The tires are a few 
>seasons old, but without a lot of use so the tread is still 
>pretty good.
>
>Rats - I hadn't really planned on spending $$$ on a new set of 
>snow tires for the S6 this winter!
>
>So a couple of questions - 
>
>1) Anyone have a used 225/50/R16 snow tire (or 2 or 4) with at 
>least 1/2 tread ?  ( to get me through 1 more month of snow)
>
>2) Any opinions on putting 205/55 R16 tires on the 16x8" rims? 
>Everything I've read so far says the 8" rim width is too wide.
>
>3) TIre-rack replacement set seems to be the Blizzak LM-22's, 
>at $608 shipped (ouch!!)  Any BTDT on these LM-22's ?
>
>Cheers,
>Keith
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