[s-cars] Confession: Cheap tires on my S4

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

Speaking of cheap tires... I recently (based on Tire Rack feedback) have tried a set of General Exclaim UXPs on my airport beater (200 20v).  They work excellent, and seem to wear very well.  They are also very good in heavy/deep rain.



At $80 each (225/50/16) they are a relative steal... and I'm not ashamed!



Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Dohnal <wd42 at hevanet.com>
To: S-car list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:41 pm
Subject: [s-cars] Confession: Cheap tires on my S4




After reading the reams of posts from S-car owners searching out the very 
est tires, I'm almost scared to admit that I put on a pair of the cheapest 
25-50/R-16s  I could find.  They are Federal SS-535s, sold as the nameless 
conomy performance tire from Les Schwab.  The out-the-door price was $93.45 
ach.  I put them on the front (wrong according to the Tire Rack website), 
nd now have 2 different tire types on the car (wrong again, I'm sure). 
hey replaced a pair of  Dunlop SP Sport 8000s.
I could not find any user reports on the SS-535s.  I suppose that everybody 
as either too ashamed to buy them, or to admit that they bought them.  So 
ere's a quick report after a little over 1000 miles.  When I first put the 
ew tires on they were way noisy.  I thought I had made a big mistake, but 
fter a few trips the added noise diminished and now I think they generate 
bout the same noise as the Dunlops did.  I notice no negative handling 
raits in my normally tame street driving.  What I do notice (and was not 
xpecting) is that the tramlining is gone. Every year I dreaded switching 
rom the winter to the summer tires because the tramlining was zero with the 
inter tires and horrible with the Dunlops.  Now I can drive in the summer 
ithout fighting to keep the car going straight.
So I'm pleased with my cheapies so far, but I'm also putting on the flame 
uit as soon as I hit the send key!
Wayne Dohnal
994 S4 
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