[s-cars] what tires to get ?

[LL - NY]

The F1s (as are nearly all summer tires) are even pretty scary in the rain
at
temps in the mid-30'sF or so. BTDT.

FWIW, DOT-R rubber is pretty slick in the dry at temps much below 50F Ask me
how I know....

LL - NY

On 3/21/07, Pollock, Thomas <thomas.pollock at amd.com> wrote:
>
> reminds me of the time the wife and I passed through a freak snow storm on
> our way back from Montreal in mid Oct in the Porsche 928 (with slicks!). I
> basically shut down a section of Rt91... 8-)   Couldn't make even the
> slightest incline and at one point some of the more desperate folks stuck
> behind me got out of their cars and pushed me, for probably a mile or
> so!!!  8-)
>
> cheers,
>
> tom.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Noland [mailto:wenoland at pacbell.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:57 AM
> To: David Kase
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; Pollock, Thomas
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] what tires to get ?
>
>
> Wear on the F1's has been (relatively) slow and even. One other point to
> mention -- these are SUMMER tires and would be useless in snow. About 5 or 6
> years ago, I was running (similarly designed) Toyo T1-S's on my M Roadster,
> when we had a freak snowfall here in the Oakland Hills. Took me about 15
> minutes to make it up a fairly steep, long hill, which is normally
> dispatched in about 45 seconds. Made me feel even worse, when a front-wheel
> drive minivan passed me up. UrS, at the time, was running Dunlop SP8000's
> and had no problem at all.
>
> Bill N
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David  <mailto:davekase at pdqlocks.com> Kase
> To: Bill Noland <mailto:wenoland at pacbell.net>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com ; thomas.pollock at amd.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] what tires to get ?
>
> Damn, am I going to have to actually buy a Goodyear tire?  I swore
> never-again after having a set of GT's on my wife's turbo Probe in 1989.
>
> Any cupping issues Bill?
>
> David Kase
>
> Engineering Manager
>
> PDQ Industries
>
> www.pdqlocks.com
>
>
> Bill Noland wrote:
>
> Try the Goodyears and you should be very happy. I've run them on three
>
> different cars and have liked them across the board. They are quieter than
>
> the OEM Contis (SportContact2) on my B6 S4. Wear has been very good for
> max
>
> performance tires.
>
>
>
> Bill Noland
>
>
>
>
>
> so I'm tire shopping after my catastrophic failure last week. I thought I
>
> had finally decided on the Dunlop Sport Maxx but after reading some of the
>
> Audi forums, ditched the idea (too noisy, flatspot easy and hard to keep
>
> balanced).  Then I was ready to order the Bridgestone RE-01R and the
>
> installer is trying to talk me out of these as well... (too stiff a
>
> sidewall).  wtf?   He is strongly suggesting Conti's or Goodyear F1GSD3.
>
> I'm trying to stay under $150 a pop or I'd love to try a Michelin, just
>
> too steep...
>
>
>
> Anyone have experience with any of these ?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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