Re: More Tires

["Edward E. Griebel Jr" <griebel_ed@jpmorgan.com>]

>From: human <human@nh.ultranet.com>
>Date: Fri, 02 Aug 96 04:13:21 -0500
>Subject: more tires

>right now I've got a set of bridgestone potenzas on the front ... another
>90% tire.  got me through last winter, but they feel harder on the road
>without giving more treadlife then Falkens.

FWIW, I had Potenzas on a Mazda Protege. Best damn tires in water I've 
ever seen. In any kind of water the car would track like it was on rails. In 4 
years I may have hydroplaned once. So steady, in fact, that I'd 
head for puddles on the side of the highway just to see how high a 
rooster tail I could get. Quite stupid if there's hidden potholes, but 
fun nonetheless....

I've never tried Aquatred or other specialized water tires, so grain-of-salt.

Their snow performance was pretty good. They'd slip when 
starting in over 1/2 inch of snow and would get stuck in about 3
inches or more, requiring Drive/Reverse jogging to get unstuck. 
But, never got totally stuck and difficult to get them into a power 
slide when at speed 8-( 

<anecdote alert> I only abandoned getting out of the driveway once. In the 
winter of '93-94 in NJ, there were 6" of fresh snow over ice. Admitted defeat 
after 20 minutes of my wife telling me it'll never get out of the driveway. 
Took 2 seasons for my wife to forget that one :-)

-ed
96 A4Q
89 Celica