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

[Steve Powers]

honey, do these tires make my torsen look - oh never mind...

;)

sp

On 6/6/07, Mark Strangways <StrangConst at rogers.com> wrote:
> 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>
> To: "S-Car List" <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
> 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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