[s-cars] Tires

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

Be careful with these.  Always sort your tire rack reviews starting with
most miles driven.  If you do that you will see numerous reports of the
tires cupping over time and creating horrible road noise.  These were in my
final choices for my '01 A6 but I eliminated them after reading the high
mileage reviews.  The cupping seems to have something to do with a soft
compound used in the middle of the tire, if I was reading the reviews
properly.  You don't want to know how a tire is after 500 miles....almost
all of them will be great, it's after 20k or so that separates the good ones
from the bad ones.

--Calvin


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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Rich Assarabowski
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:58 AM
To: 'john cléirigh'; 'Ian Duff'
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tires


Have you guys checked out the Avon M-500's or M-550's?   They're on
close-out at Tire Rack, very reasonably priced and have excellent reviews.
No personal experience here...

-- Rich A.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of john cléirigh
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:53 AM
To: Ian Duff
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tires

I just bought 225/50ZR16 Eagle F1s in December.  Not enough warm, dry miles
to indicate summer time grip, but they are very acceptable in snow.

One design feature I really like is the sidewall bead area.  It stands proud
of the wheel lip enough to prevent minor curb rash.  Not that I
intentionally parallel park by feel...

They replaced the Dunlop SP Sports which are very soft and sticky in the
summer, but worthless in the winter.

John
Boulder

Ian Duff wrote:
> So, the perpetual can of worms, what's the consensus on tires? I'm in
> the market for something that doesn't exist, good all season tires.
>
> Don't start on me about dedicated snows, or summer tires being OK, as
> neither works for me. What I'd like to find is a tire that works well
> for the 99% of the time when there's no snow or ice on the road, but
> is not dangerous on snow or ice. I also want something with a wear
> index higher than the usual (near R-compound) summer tire.
>
> I started my research at that paragon of tire knowledge, Tire Rack.
> They list, test, compare and offer real-world reviews on a number of
> what they call "ultra high performance all season" tires,
> http://tinyurl.com/2jc7al . The top entries are, in order:
> Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position Yokohama ADVAN S.4.
> Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season
> Continental ContiExtremeContact
> Michelin Pilot Sport A/S
> Pirelli PZero Nero M&S
>
> Here's my so-called "thinking" so far:
> I had Bridgestones as OEM on my 2000 S4 and hated them, swore never to
> own another set. Should I reconsider?
> The Yokohama and Goodyear have too few owner miles miles to have
> credible reviews. Anyone on this list care to chime in?
> The Michelins suffer from a weak dollar, are Wicked Expensive, and
> can't be that much better, particularly considering how far down the
> list they fall.
>
> So, at first blush, it looks like I have the cheap Contis or the
> expensive Pirellis to consider. The Contis are not offered with road
> hazard coverage, maybe because they're near their end of life/going
> out of production soon? Any reason I should spend another $43 per tire
> and go with the Pirelli? Are there other tires out there I should
> consider?
>
> -Ian Duff.
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