[s-cars] Subject: Re: One bad tire on my Quattro (torsen)

Tom Winter tom at freeskier.com
Wed Apr 9 18:33:01 PDT 2008


I think we all know that whatever you do, it will cost money.

There are a variety of options, but Dave needs the fastest/cheapest as he
still wants to drive his car while  saving $ for the wheel set of his
dreams. The best solution for him will be what he can find quickly in his
area, be it two tires or four. Or a bus ticket. ;-)

Tom "95 S6


On 4/9/08 7:13 PM, "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:

> At 08:32 PM 4/9/2008, Tom Winter wrote:
> 
>> On 4/9/08 4:10 PM, " davekase at pdqlocks.com wrote:
>> 
>>> The only other option I see is to put a pair of matching used
>> tires on the one
>> axle.  May as well put that $ toward the ultimate goal.
>> 
>> 
>> Or find 4 really cheap used ones on craig's list until you're ready to pull
>> the trigger on your new wheel set.
> 
> 
> Then you've got the frictional costs of mounting/balancing two interim tires.
> 
> Lee
> 
> Lee Levitt
> Needham, Massachusetts, USA
> '01 A4 1.8t quattro avant
> ''99 A6 quattro avant
> '97 A6 quattro avant
> '96 A6 quattro avant
> 




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