Tires

[raveracer77 at yahoo.ca (Rave Racer 77)]

If you're not racing and it's your DD then as long as you put the meatiest 
tyres on your front (for FWD) then you'll be allright.  If you're doing any 
kind of spirited corners, unless you're trying to get one end to step out or 
behave differently then it's ill advised to use two different kinds or 
worse, three different kinds of rubber.  Even if you are trying to get the 
rear to step out, for example, there's better ways to do it then with 
different rubber.

      Rave Racer
Current:
'91 Jetta GLI 2.0L 16V
'81 Scirocco Mk1 1.8L 8V Digifant 2
'86 Fox
2 GTI parts cars

Gone:
'89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX
'87 Audi 4000 Quattro
'72 Triumph GT6

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <silvius14@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Brett Van Sprewenburg" <brett@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "scirocco list" 
<scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 18:58
Subject: Re: Tires


> O.K............you can say it.........I'm cheap!!!  I put on almost 500 
> miles a week on my 1982.  I have some snow flakes with fairly good tread 
> (185/60r14 and love how they handle), but some POS sliced one last year. 
> I guess I really only need to replace 2 for now?  They're just cheap Grand 
> Spirit GT's.
>
> Is it advisable to mix tread design and just buy 2??  Hmm, here comes the 
> cheapness again!!!
>
> Thanks,
> Karl
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 15, 2007, at 7:37 PM, silvius14@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> > Any suggestions for a cheap place to get tires??? Any
>> > recommendations for brands. I primarily do 70+ mph highway miles.
>> >
>> > Karl
>>
>> Sounds like you're a value based shopper - perhaps drop in on your
>> local Smarty-type-mart, or Tire-ateria and pick up 4 of their loss
>> leaders. Size? 13 or 14? Sumitomo's are $37 each at tirerack in
>> 175/70r13, hard to get much less expensive for a tire maker with an
>> actual known brand.
>>
>> ==Brett
>>
>>
>>
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