Tires

[gatesj at mailblocks.com (John Gates)]

Agreed about the wacky tread patterns.  I had Bridgestone RE730's on my 
Jetta and they wore like @ss.  I bought the updated RE750's, with a 
more conservative looking tread pattern, and they are wearing much much 
better.  The 730's were the second revision too, with tie bands to help 
with poor wear patterns and they still sucked.  But both the 730's and 
750's stuck like glue to the pavement.

John Gates
--
'97 Jetta GLX
'85 Scirocco

-----Original Message-----
From: daniel savatteri <yoscirocco@hotmail.com>
To: sad_rocc@yahoo.com; ydrogs@gmail.com; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Sent: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:59:03 -0400
Subject: Re: Tires

Def. go with the G-Force Sports, the best tire for the money and better 
than most tires that are twice the price. BFG's make really good tires 
that are pretty cheap because i think Michelin owns them as their 
little brother cheaper tire company. AVS 100's suck ass. I had them in 
the same size your looking and for tires with a slightly high profile 
they should have had a much longer life. All Yokos suck because of 
their wacky tread patterns as do most tires with wacky tread patterns. 
I here ok things about the Ecstas but I really like BFG's and I'm 
always disappointed when I stray from them. I had the BFG Comp TAs 
before them and they were great too. Good luck with your search.

>From: Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
>To: Gordy Stedman <ydrogs@gmail.com>, Scirocco-l@Iscirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Tires
>Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:48:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>BFG G-Force Sports. About the same price as the Ecstas, better wear 
rating >and these things ROCK! I've gone thru a few midwest rainstorms 
and a brutal >one in the mountains of PA where there's like 1-3" of 
standing water on the >highway. Not even a twitch or anything. I also 
managed to do an emergency >swerve at about 90mph and there wasn't even 
a squeak from the tires (dry >roads). With some crappy tires, there 
would have been some fishtailing (or >worse!) for sure. I cannot 
recommend these tires highly enough. It's hard >to say what the best 
part is, between the wet/dry handling, the price and >the Z rating. I 
have 205/40/16s and man, those sidewalls are rock solid.
>
>Dan
>
>Gordy Stedman <ydrogs@gmail.com> wrote:
>I was looking at getting either some Kumho Ecsta 711 or for $44 more I
>could upgrade to a set of Yokohama AVS ES 100 (195-50-15). Wanted an
>inexpensive but capable tire that is good in both dry and wet that I
>could get 30K from. Anyone have any thoughts on comments on either?
>TIA.
>
>--
>Gordy
>MK1 x 3
>Audi 80 - Slated for parts car
>
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