[s-cars] Fw: LAC Goodyear GSD3

[Chad Clark]

Yes, 255/40/17 with about 5k mi on them. Great tire for the money. Sidewalls 
are sufficiently stiff, they corner well, rain traction is pretty decent, 
dry traction is good at the limit, they are somewhat noisy(rotational-at 
certain highway speeds sounds like a wheel bearing is going out) but not 
nearly as bad as some other ultra high performance summer tires. Only other 
issue is they seem to flatspot if the car isn't driven every day. But even 
this goes away after about 2-3 miles of driving. All this being said, still 
a great tire for the price.

Chad

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JAM" <jscarstuff at charter.net>
To: "S-Car List" <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fw: LAC Goodyear GSD3


> So, has anybody on the here tried Kumho MX on our cars?  I'm now looking 
> for
> a reasonably prices max performance tire to replace these things.  Any 
> other
> recommended summer tires for an urS6 avant?
> TIA,
> Jason Mawhinney
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "JAM" <jscarstuff at charter.net>
> To: "S-Car List" <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:05 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] Fw: LAC Goodyear GSD3
>
>
>>
>>
>> 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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