[s-cars] Is 225 too wide?

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

If you've got bad tramlining, you've got either a loose suspension issue, or an alignment issue... or a combo of both.  Snow tires have a tread pattern that has a lot of available squirm.  This will mask problems with alignment and suspension.  I would say it is the nature of the tread on your snows that is "improving" the feel of the car, and not the width.  If you throw some nice 205 stickies on the car, I think it will behave just as bad as it did with the 225's.
 
Dave
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: sam at edgetoedge.co.nz
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 9:21 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Is 225 too wide?


Hi Audiologists
I blew out one of my snow tyres the other day (always a thrill!). So  
I put my summer 225/50x16's back on pending new knobblies. I  
immediately noticed how much harder the car is to drive on 225 vs 205  
tyres. It tramlines in the dry and aquaplanes in the wet. I put my  
new 205/55 Blizzacks on again today and the car is immediately far  
nicer. Iv'e had the alignment done and all is sweet. I'm not  
commenting on roadholding here as I'm not about to throw snow tyres  
hard around corners, but in a straight line they are clearly  
superior. Anyone else had this experience? I'm tempted to go to 205  
in summer too...
93 S4 avant
from the correct hemisphere
Sam Clarkson
Edge to Edge
P.O. Box 27
National Park 3948
Ph 0800 800 SKI (754)
http://www.edgetoedge.co.nz

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