I changed from RE71's to A509's. A509's are well priced, good rain tires, acceptable snow (few inches) tires, no squealing even in over 40C heat, nice-looking tread IMO, lasted me two years so far with agressive driving. Problems: RE71's had more dry grip when they were worn but A509 breaks traction more smoothly. Try those A520's if they're not too expensive. Apparently good tire for the money and nice tread.
I had D40's for a while. Spun the car twice with those things, and ugly tread to boot. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wicks <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 3:07 PM Subject: Re: Time for new Tires... > If you are looking for a cheaper version of the SP-8000, I've always had > excellent experience with the D-40 M2 (the precursor to the 8000), not sold > anymore you say....not under the dunlop name, but Sumitomo which owns > duplop (or vice versa) sell them as the HTZ, can be had for $50-$60 > per. Also the Yoko A-509's are a decent tire and the price is usually right. > > - > Brian Wicks > www.vicon.net/~bvw > 88 16V GTI G2 > 86 16V GTI EP > 87 Quantum Syncro Wagon HS > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
