Re: blizzak life

["Jimmy D" <audi_freak@hotmail.com>]

It's also my understanding that the Blizzaks have a verly low speed rating.  
I don't know if this is consistant w/ other snows but we were strongly 
advised not to put Blizzaks on our "hi performance" '90 CQ.


>From: "Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>
>To: "don & lori" <dell4@mb.sympatico.ca>, <quattro@audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: blizzak life
>Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 19:48:46 -0500
>
>Hi Don;
>
>     Only the top 50% of a Blizzak tread is the special multicell rubber
>compound. Below that is a relatively hard (and slippery) plain rubber base.
>As the local Bridgestone dealer said when I asked him about the Blizzak
>performance: "For the first 50% the traction is outstanding. For the last
>50% they are worse than useless". After this hearty recommendation, I 
>bought
>Michelin Alpins.
>
>     Ask your local Bridgestone dealer what the tread depth is on a new
>Blizzak and do the calcs.
>
>HTH
>
>Fred Munro
>'94 S4  91k km
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: don & lori <dell4@mb.sympatico.ca>
>To: <quattro@audifans.com>
>Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 8:57 PM
>Subject: blizzak life
>
>
> > my blizzaks have 5/16 remaining
> > tread.  does anyone know if any
> > of that multicell compound would
> > be left or have i entered the
> > dreaded all season tread?
> >
> > don.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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