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Dean · 2009-04-27, 12:23 PM

I am almost out of advice...

What is great value? Only you can decide... As someone who owns snow tires and autocross tires, you know what a good tire feels like. A tire you hate that lasts forever is not a value/deal IMHO.

What value does a tire that underperforms in our most common conditions, dry and wet.

Unless it has a Snowflake/mountain symbol

which equals much siping, it is going to suck on ice, period, black or otherwise. A touch of snow/slush = SLOW DOWN and have decent tread above the wear bars, the more, the better. Real snow = snow/ice tires.

I have A/S ASXs on the Audi and while they are better than the RE92s, they aren't good at anything. The Neros were a bit better at everything, but also cost 3 arms, two legs and a left nut. A/S tires are what you buy only if you do not have dedicated snows knowing they will be OK at best the first winter and suck every winter thereafter.

If you want cheap, there are way cheaper tires out there. Cooper, Mastercraft and others come to mind, but they are H or lower speed rated. If you want cheap, call around. TR and DT don't sell that crap.

What is $10/tire over 5-10,000 miles? Señor Cheap Bastard is all about bang for your buck, not cheap for cheap's sake.

P.S. What are your old tires, I need a full size spare or two for the Audi if one or two is decent.

225/45/17s?

2009-04-27, 12:23 PM	#37
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	I am almost out of advice... What is great value? Only you can decide... As someone who owns snow tires and autocross tires, you know what a good tire feels like. A tire you hate that lasts forever is not a value/deal IMHO. What value does a tire that underperforms in our most common conditions, dry and wet. Unless it has a Snowflake/mountain symbol which equals much siping, it is going to suck on ice, period, black or otherwise. A touch of snow/slush = SLOW DOWN and have decent tread above the wear bars, the more, the better. Real snow = snow/ice tires. I have A/S ASXs on the Audi and while they are better than the RE92s, they aren't good at anything. The Neros were a bit better at everything, but also cost 3 arms, two legs and a left nut. A/S tires are what you buy only if you do not have dedicated snows knowing they will be OK at best the first winter and suck every winter thereafter. If you want cheap, there are way cheaper tires out there. Cooper, Mastercraft and others come to mind, but they are H or lower speed rated. If you want cheap, call around. TR and DT don't sell that crap. What is $10/tire over 5-10,000 miles? Señor Cheap Bastard is all about bang for your buck, not cheap for cheap's sake. P.S. What are your old tires, I need a full size spare or two for the Audi if one or two is decent. 225/45/17s? __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...