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

[Mark Strangways]

I have run 245/40 up front and 255/40 on the back. My torsen is fine

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JAM" <jscarstuff at charter.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Confession: Cheap tires on my S4


> The cheap tires aren't the fright.  I've had many a cheap tire that acted
> like I paid more for them.  The frightening part is the different rolling
> diameters from front to rear.  I would recommend (and I'm sure I'm not the
> only one) to get a matching set b/c you can harm your torsen center diff 
> by
> running different tires front to rear.  2 tires is a LOT cheaper than a
> torsen tranny.
> Just my $.02
> Jason Mawhinney
> '95.5 S6a
> '96 Passat variant TDI
> '01 Beetle TDI
> '70 MGB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne Dohnal" <wd42 at hevanet.com>
> To: "S-car list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:41 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] Confession: Cheap tires on my S4
>
>
>> After reading the reams of posts from S-car owners searching out the very
>> best tires, I'm almost scared to admit that I put on a pair of the
>> cheapest
>> 225-50/R-16s  I could find.  They are Federal SS-535s, sold as the
>> nameless
>> economy performance tire from Les Schwab.  The out-the-door price was
>> $93.45
>> each.  I put them on the front (wrong according to the Tire Rack 
>> website),
>> and now have 2 different tire types on the car (wrong again, I'm sure).
>> They replaced a pair of  Dunlop SP Sport 8000s.
>>
>> I could not find any user reports on the SS-535s.  I suppose that
>> everybody
>> was either too ashamed to buy them, or to admit that they bought them. 
>> So
>> here's a quick report after a little over 1000 miles.  When I first put
>> the
>> new tires on they were way noisy.  I thought I had made a big mistake, 
>> but
>> after a few trips the added noise diminished and now I think they 
>> generate
>> about the same noise as the Dunlops did.  I notice no negative handling
>> traits in my normally tame street driving.  What I do notice (and was not
>> expecting) is that the tramlining is gone. Every year I dreaded switching
>> from the winter to the summer tires because the tramlining was zero with
>> the
>> winter tires and horrible with the Dunlops.  Now I can drive in the 
>> summer
>> without fighting to keep the car going straight.
>>
>> So I'm pleased with my cheapies so far, but I'm also putting on the flame
>> suit as soon as I hit the send key!
>>
>> Wayne Dohnal
>> 1994 S4
>>
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