RE: Lowering A4

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

You're right - the GA(g)s are the truly suckful tire, whereas the RS-As
are somewhat better. However, I still think it's selling the A4q short,
at least for most listers' purposes.
- peter, peterhe@microsoft.com, issaquah, wa, usa
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  80 mazda 626


>-----Original Message-----
>From:	dan_masi@MENTORG.COM [SMTP:dan_masi@MENTORG.COM]
>Sent:	Tuesday, November 05, 1996 11:17 AM
>To:	Peter Henriksen; 'Fringe Ryder'; 'quattro@coimbra.ans.net';
>'vwnut@neosoft.com'
>Subject:	Re: Lowering A4
>
>On Nov 5,  9:36am, Peter Henriksen wrote:
>> Subject: RE: Lowering A4
>> A huge corporate discount. All the VWs come with Eagles too as
>> far as I know.
>
>> >Okay, that's the general consensus - that the tires suck real bad.
> > > [...] So why would Audi put such bad tires on such a great car?
>
>Now, wait a sec.  I think the general concensus is that Eagle
>GAs suck real bad.  But A4Q's don't come with GAs.  They come
>with RS-As (for the most part).  They're decent... nothing
>spectacular, but as far as all-seasons go, they don't really
>suck.
>
>Eagle GAs are probably the single most common original equipment
>tire out there.  A huge corporate discount is a big part of
>the story, but not all.  The GAs are designed to accomplish
>two things only: first, ultra-low rolling resistance (hence
>better EPA numbers), and second, ultra-low noise.  At these,
>the tire excels.  At everything else a tire does, they suck.
>IMO.
>
>Dan Masi
>'96 A4Q
>