Re: asking for opinions on tires.

[Orin Eman <orin@wolfenet.com>]

> Well, the tires on the A6Q are getting a little shallow in the tread.
> Time to start looking at replacements. I don't want to stay with the oem
> Goodyear Eagle GAs, not happy with their performance at all even though
> my wife thinks they are perfectly alright, the A6Q is her everyday car.
> After some arguing I've managed to get her to go along with fitting
> tires that are a little more aggressive as long as they aren't
> significantly noisier or harsher in ride. After doing some research I've
> narrowed the field down to the following three:

> BFGoodrich Comp T/A HR4s, Dunlop D60 A2s, and Pirelli 6000 sport veloce
> HRs.

Why would you want Goodyear God-Awfuls when just about anything else
is _CHEAPER_ and _SAFER_?  The only thing worse than the GA is the LS
that came on the non-sport A4 1.8T.  From what I've seen the GA is
about $30 more per tire than the others you mention... $120 should
make a good argument IMO.

Orin.