[s-cars] Tire choices for S-car

[Mark Strangways]

Fuzions suck IMHO

They flex on the sidewalls and complain way to easily.
Of all the tires I have tracked, and it's not a great list, these are the 
tires I would trust the least.
I have never pushed them to the point where they let go, but I am sure I 
have been close. I don't think that there is much margin between complaining 
and a real bad day.

Its one thing to lose it on a track of course, and yet another thing to lose 
it on a highway beside some people in a sport minivan or something that are 
completely oblivious to anything around them.

Just my 2 cents

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Myers" <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
To: <djdawson2 at aol.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>; <bluevr6 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tire choices for S-car


>
> I strongly disagree with that choice, Dave!  My wife's Scoobie-doo
> forester 2.5XT has a set of these tires in 245 R 17 size.  The
> sidewalls are far too soft and flexible.  I found it necessary to
> inflate these tires up to the sidewall maximum (51 psig IIRC) to get
> any road feel at all.  At dealer recommended tire pressures it felt
> as if the car was supported on a bowlful of jelly.  Turn the wheel
> and eventually the car would respond once the extra flex of the
> sidewall was consumed.  At the higher pressure this is improved but
> still is not gone.  It is a very disconcerting ride for someone used
> to the handling of the usual stiff sidewall Z-rated tires.  I do not
> like them.  I'm looking forward to the day they finally wear out and
> I can replace them with something -almost anything- else.
>
> If you'd like I could tell you how I _really_ feel about them.  ;-)
>
> Of the remainder, I have had experience with only the Fuzion
> tires.  I rather liked them for an inexpensive tire.
>
> Bob
>
>
> At 06:27 PM 7/22/2008, djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
>>Of that batch, I'd go with the Exclaim UHP hands down.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kevin Barnett <bluevr6 at yahoo.com>
>>To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>>Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 1:36 pm
>>Subject: [s-cars] Tire choices for S-car
>>
>>
>>
>>Time for new tires on the Audi.
>>235/45/17
>>
>>What would you choose and why:
>>
>>    * Falken Azenis ST-115 - $118 (shipping included) - this is what I
>>      am currently running and have liked them so far.  Front tires at
>>      wear bars, back tires bald.
>>    * Sumitomo HTR-Z - $61 + shipping. - Old design, but still in 
>> prodiction
>>    * Sumitomo HTR-Z II - $79 + shipping
>>    * Kumho ECSTA AST - $85 + shipping (didn't like the old Kumho 712's,
>>      but heard  that they have improved)
>>    * General Exclaim UHP - $87 + shipping (don't know numthing about 
>> these)
>>    * Fuzion ZRi - $98 + shipping
>>    * Dunlop SP8000 - $104 + shipping - $50 rebate of 4 which would
>>      cover shipping and that a little.
>>
>>Daily driver, 25k miles a year, usually get a set of tires to last 12 
>>months.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Kevin
>>
>>
>>
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