[s-cars] Fw: LAC Goodyear GSD3

[JAM]

Actually, my tires are Australian.  I thought that was pretty weird.  It seems to me that most people who say good things about these tires had sizes other than the stock 225-50-16.  Compared to the BFG Gforce Sports, these things are some extremely squirmy bastards, totally not what I expected.  I expected going from the UHP tire to a max performance tire would actually make for a better handling, less comprimise for comfort tire.  What I got was a good highway tire that looks good.  
Anyway, the good folks at Tire Rack are trying to help me get into a better set of tires so hopefully this will all be resolved soon one way or another.  
Jason
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Taka Mizutani 
  To: JAM 
  Cc: S-Car List 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] LAC Goodyear GSD3


  I think that's a function of the tread pattern- the squirminess, that is.

  Also, the Chinese-made Goodyears differ from the German-made Goodyears- don't know which you have on your car.

  Those Goodyears do ride nicely, so I think the sidewall softness doesn't help things at all. 

  Then again, my points of reference include Falken RT-615 and Bridgestone RE-070, both of which have very stiff sidewalls.

  For a car that doesn't require ultimate grip, I actually like the Toyo Proxes 4 quite a lot- they're great on my Mom's Beetle- grip fairly well, quiet, good wet and dry traction, good ride. 

  Taka



  On 9/12/07, JAM <jscarstuff at charter.net> wrote: 
    I'm wondering if any other S heads are running these and what you think of them.  I'm running 225-50-16W tires on the urS4 Fuchs on the S6 avant and they're pretty squirmy, as the sidewalls are really weak.  I'm finding that these tires are not confidence inspiring at all.  They were on sale last winter and I thought I got a helluva deal but I'm finding this may not be the case.  I wonder if these tires are only this squirmy certain sizes since most reviews on Tire Rack are positive but some of the gripes were sidewall stiffness, or lack thereof. 
    Is anyone else experiencing similar problems?

    Jason M.
    '95.5 S6a
    '93 S4
    '96 Passat TDI variant
    '96 Passat TDI
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