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

[Dave Kase]

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=18

courtesy of P. Schulz...


calvinlc at earthlink.net wrote:
> What's the difference between having a slightly different size tire and
> going around a corner with the same size tire?  Side to side is open diffs
> on both ends, right?  We're talking about 0.5% difference in the
> circumference of the tire here.
> --Calvin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Dave Kase
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:39 AM
> To: S-Cars
> Subject: [s-cars] One bad tire on my Quattro (torsen)
>
>
> My B5 S4 has a bad tire from hitting a pothole.  The tires have about
> 5/32 left on them.
>
> I would like to get at least a few more months out of them.  Will I kill
> my Quattro with a 9/32 tire in that one position (I found a used tire of
> the same exact size/model).
>
> I know its about due for a set of four but I am still researching what
> wheel/tire combo I want to put on it (by "researching" I mean saving up
> the money in my wife-doesn't-know-about-it account).
>
> Kase
>
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