Re: First A6 V8

[OorQue@aol.com]

>  Lets face it, a 195/30 tire would puncture 
>  if required to compress more than an inch or so, where a 196/75 could 
>  probably take a curb at the same speed and be unscathed.  I don't see how 
>  this could ever be a myth?

Ride quality isn't necessarily determined by a tire's ability to leap tall 
curbs without rupturing and sidewall compliance is only one of several 
factors that must be considered when trying to optimize it.  You are trying 
to simplify something that just isn't that simple and in the process, are 
making large inferential leaps that aren't supported by the facts.  Try 
discussing this with some of the engineers you work with at Eurospec and see 
what they have to say about this...

JG (who isn't an NVH engineer but knows several, including one who works at 
VW/Audi's Arizona proving grounds)