[s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 41, Issue 83

[Calvin Young]

I bet my money on a set of Toyo Proxis 4 235-45 ZR17 and I have not been
disappointed.  I have them on a set of Ronal wheels and my Audi is the
best driving car I have, including an 07 Lexus and a 2992 Cadillac as
well as a couple of older MBs.  Great pereformance tires and a really
great riding tire.

Cal


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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:37:25 -0500
From: "LL - NY" <larrycleung at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] what tires to get ?
To: "Pollock, Thomas" <thomas.pollock at amd.com>
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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Having a set of Falken FK451 on my //S6 and a set of Goodyear Eagle F1
GSD3
on my Saabaru, here's what I can say about both.

The Falken are quiet, grippy dry and wet and compared to the Eagles,
soft in
sidewall with slower responses, kind of an ultra-high perforance (as in
grippy) touring tire. Pretty well  suited to the //S6, but personally
not
sporty enough for me.

The Goodyear are not as quiet (hard to truely evaluate here, the
Saabaru,
being an eSaab because it's really a Subaru) grippy dry and wet
(possibly
somewhat more grippy than the Falkens dry, not quite as grippy wet,
again
since different platforms, YMMV) comparatively stiff sidewall
(although not quite
as stiff as the Falken RT615, they're not far off having riden in
several so
shod cars with them ) so much more responsive than the FK451. If you're
sporting and willing to have a firmer sort of ride, these are an
exceptional
tire (way outscored the vaunted Kumho MX in TireRack/Car & Driver's
comparo,
avalible at TireRack.com). If you were happy with the FK451's or the
Yoko
ES100 (which are being replaced BTW, so buy a set of ES100's with
caution
unless you buy 5 or 6 or whatever), then I'd suggest going back to the
FK452's (which, IMHO look exactly the same), or considering the Conti's
(which finished just below the GY F1 GSD3, by being an all rounder, not
sharp at anything, but by being good all around), but having no
experience
with the Conti's I have no idea on their ride/noise characteristics.

BTW, the TireRack/C&D comparo did not do ANY evaluation on noise/ride
characteristics b/c it was intended to be a performance priortity
comparo,
NVH be damned. Just thought that was important to point out.

LL - NY

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