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12th October 2009, 08:10 AM
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Goodyear eagle GSD3 - 225/55/17 on a D2 4.2
Dry Grip - 7 Wet Grip - 9 Tramlining - 8 Noise - 7 Life - 14k Main Use - Motorway/suburban/trying very hard to get 20mpg Price - £140 each fitted. Overall - 4/10 Not a confidence inspiring tyre in the dry. Wet grip was astounding. Not predictable so I stopped pushing them after a while. Very sensitive to ambient temperature and tyre pressure. Slipperier than a weasels arse from oct through to april. The car just ate them. After 6000 miles I would have probably been told to replace them due to edge wear front and rear (yes I have had my alignment done)if I'd been tugged by plod. Noisier than the budget kuhmo s that the previous owner had fitted but better grip when warm. Never aquaplaned once, even when following Oli in a torrential rain storm on the way to the meet this year. Overall a waste of money and a cause of some minor ructions from Mrs. Blank at how long they lasted.
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"Man Math" - The means by which a caring husband convinces his wife that a 4.2 A8 is in fact cheaper to run than a tiny Auto crap box "Being in touch with your feminine side" - The ability to, in the 30 seconds following a major accident, obtain your wifes approval for replacing your big german car with another "because otherwise we'd be dead". See also sulking for two years until she finally allows you to get another purely on the basis of your current one being the wrong colour. Last edited by billblank; 12th October 2009 at 08:16 AM. 
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16th January 2010, 10:10 PM
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Michelin Pilot Sport 2's (255/35/20's)
Dry Grip - 9 Wet Grip - 9 Tramlining - 8 Noise - 9 Absolutely brilliant tyres Pirelli P Zero directionale Dry Grip - 8 Wet Grip - 7 Tramlining - 8 Noise - 7 Not bad but nowhere near as good as the Michelins. Falkens (were on the car when I got it) Dry Grip - 5 Wet Grip - 2 Tramlining - 3 Noise - 5 Tried to kill me twice ended up taking them off within a fortnight (They were split new) and selling them to some BMW bod on fleabay. Doubt he's still with us.
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20th August 2012, 08:01 AM
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Thought I'd bump this as I'm in the market for 4 new tyres. 255 35 20
Any thoughts on Dunlop SP Sport Maxx? Falkens? The Michelin SP2s are a little pricey I think. I have Nankang Ultra Sport NS2s on at the minute and they are, without doubt, the noisiest tyres I have ever had fitted to a car. At 60mph on certain road surfaces, it sounds like a bearing has gone. The guy above who said thay were quiet must be deaf! And I know it's not the car 'cos I swapped the wheels when I had them refurbished and the second set were ultra quiet. But I can't remember what tyres were on them. P zeros I think.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).
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20th August 2012, 08:22 AM
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).
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20th August 2012, 10:04 AM
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Continental SportContact 3, 245/50 R18
Pros: Great grip, low noise, great rim protection Cons: Like most ultra high performance tyres they are expensive and wear out faster than normal consumer tyres
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20th August 2012, 08:52 AM
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I had Falkens on until recently. A mis-alignment caused them to wear unevenly at the front so they had to go. Grip was poor even in the dry, I managed to do a tail-slide coming out of a small round about, and got wheelspin several times turning into a road from standstil at lights (too much throttle
 ). In the snow they are absolutely useless, sliding around at 15mph. In the rain I almost slid into the curb, 4 wheel slide small very bendy road at 30mph.So I read about Michellin super sports and bit the bullet just had to give them a try at least once, and all I can say is much much better, amazing grip, even when I did a front wheel slide turning into a small road too fast, felt completely controlled. Falkens Dry grip 5 Wet grip 2 Tramlining 4 Noise 6 life expectancy ( 15k miles? not sure early wear due to alignment issues) main use ( motorway, B road Hooning ) Price paid (£450 for 4, approx) overall owner value rating ( 2 ) Michelin Super Sport Dry grip 9 Wet grip 9 Tramlining 8 Noise 8 life expectancy ( 5k miles so far, looking good ) main use ( motorway, B road Hooning ) Price paid (£882 for 4) overall owner value rating ( 7 ) Last edited by Goran; 20th August 2012 at 09:07 AM.
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20th August 2012, 09:02 AM
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I'd agree with Richard that sport maxx are ok - I had some on my A4 and they lasted well but also performed well.
You might be interested to know Jim that there are new EU Tyre Ratings being introduced by law from November 2012 where there is a set of stickers on the tyre rating things like fuel efficiency, wet grip and external noise levels. see the link below for more details - http://www.dunlop.eu/dunlop_uk/what_...bel-explained/ http://uk.autoblog.com/2011/11/02/20...-need-to-know/ Some new tyres are already coming through with the stickers on and at least it give you a pointer when trying to decide performance wise vs price being charged
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . .  Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble  Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs
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20th August 2012, 09:08 AM
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I've got Michelins all round (18" PF wheels) though the front and back pair aren't the exact same tyre (Pilot Sport and Primacy repectively I think).
They were the other way round last year and seem equally sure-footed either way. They will ALL need replacing "soon" and I was thinking of Michelin's of some sort again, so comments here will be studied carefully. They'll last the summer, so "soon" means next spring when the winter wheels come off.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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