Re: tyres/lights & WINTER

["Psychos 'R Us" <honge@creighton.edu>]

> Winter will be here and its tyre time. Living in the midwest, I want to get the
> best from my quattro (100/92) without going studded. I have heard great things
> about the Bridgestone Blizzak. Does anybody have any experience with these? Any
> opinions on noise and tyre wear would also be helpful. I have heard that they
> wear fast and are therefor only practical if the road is generally covered or
> wet/slushy.

Yes, they are excellent. And, yes, they wear hellishly fast. And they 
have almost no cornering grip (when I mean cornering, I mean cornering 
like Andretti, I guess).

> The euros swear by the Pirelli 190s/210s but I havent heard how they work on
> the quattros just benzes. Any thoughts on these or any other tyre which would
> be used on snow/ice only 30% of the time.

I suppose if I can't get the right Blizzak (size-wise), then I'll settle 
for Pirelli 210s. Some selected 190s can be studded.

------------- clip here with virtual scissors --------------
************************************************************
Looking for roadkills... drop it by honge@creighton.edu...
e-mails are welcome anytime -- but mails are not.
Keyboard stuck failure. Press F1 to continue.
"I hate crosspost." -- a friend of mine
************************************************************