[s-cars] Sumitomo HTR ZIII

[scott]

I have HTR ZIII's on my urS4 in a 245/40/17 and they seem to run wide which
is nice.  I've had great results with these but no tracking, just some high
spirited back roads.  They are predictable and seem to let you know when
they're going to start to slide break loose which is almost never (yet again
not on a track).  The only think I wasn't happy with was when there is a lot
of water, rain is good but in heavy rain they don't seem to shed water and
tend to hydroplane.  All in all a great tire for the money, just around 100
bux a piece from Tire Rack.
-Scott

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>wrote:

> I've been considering the HTR ZIII's, too, but unlike a number of others, I
> had LOUSY results from the HTR ZII's, with problems balancing two sets and
> eventually just going with Pilot Sport A/S's.  One bad set would have been
> just an anomaly, but after two, I have been soured on them.
>
> I put the Exclaim's on the GTI when I got fed up with the noise from the OE
> Bridgestones.  They were freaky at the start.  You could go into a four
> wheel slide cornering at 25 mph.  Apparently, mold release compound that
> hadn't been removed.  After 30 miles, they were okay and have been pretty
> good, but as mentioned, soft sidewalls, which don't translate into sharp
> turn-in. An above average tire that did slightly diminish the GTI's
> twitchiness.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of mike claire
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:12 PM
> To: Taka Mizutani; Young, Steve; Robert Rossato; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Sumitomo HTR ZIII
>
> BTDT with the Exclaims. I read the TR reviews. How can you go wrong -
> especially for the price?  I will explain.
>
> The big box store manager didn't even want to order them, he was sure
> I wouldn't like them. Ok thanks for the warning. Now just order 'em
> and match tire rack's price, thank you very much.
>
> A few days later they were on the car. I knew I was in trouble within
> the first 200 feet.
>
> They squirmed bad. I drove over sand and did a few 60-30 ABS stops to
> get the shine off the contact patch. Then I drove back to the store
> and took my lumps. It was an expensive mistake.
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 8/5/09, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Steve-
> > Considering how good the HTR-ZII was, I would get the Sumitomos- they
> fared
> > very very well in the Tire Rack test.
> >
> > You're driving a 740i now? Which chassis, E38? How do you like it? Any
> > issues with the car? I love those cars, they look great and drive nicely.
> >
> > Taka
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Young, Steve <sryoung at trane.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Agreed.  Decent reviews, excellent price.  I'm trying to decide between
> >> the Sumitomo's and the General Exclaim UHP's which are ~$15 more and get
> >> better reviews, but are directional.  I would normally have just bought
> >> the Generals, but the F/R sizes are staggered on the 740i and having
> >> directional tires precludes rotating side to side without a dismount and
> >> rebalance.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Robert Rossato [mailto:rossato.qlist at gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:08 PM
> >> To: Young, Steve; s-car-list at audifans.com
> >> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Sumitomo HTR ZIII
> >>
> >> Curious myself.  Getting close to pulling the trigger myself.  Hard to
> >> ignore the cost.
> >>
> >> bob
> >>
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> >> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Young, Steve
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:59 PM
> >> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> >> > Subject: [s-cars] Sumitomo HTR ZIII
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Anyone have any experience with these?
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> > Steven Young
> >>
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