[s-cars] what tires to get ?

[Steve Marinello]

Even the vaunted Potenza 050's that are on the GTI are downright scary 
in the cold and wet.  They're great in the warm and wet that you expect 
down here in Houston, but when we had the subfreezing and near-freezing 
wet weather earlier this year, they made me wish for different tires and 
quattro...so I parked it and got out the S6 with Pilot Sport A/S tires 
and breathed a sigh of relief.

LL - NY wrote:
> 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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