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Originally Posted by Philip
I am very pleased to read your views on tyres. I have always subsribed to the view that not all tyres are the same. But it is difficult to know which brand/tyre to choose. Whilst on balance I accept that a more expensive brand will be better than a cheap brand, the most expensive tyre is not necessarily the best. You only find out after you have made your purchase. I am not sure how much the simple scores for wet grip, noise and economy are? - Some surprising scores to be seen there!
You refer to training and cutting open tyres. Any in-depth knowlege you have would be welcome here.
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Hi Phillip,
I totally agree tyre choice is a deeply personal thing and incredibly subjective. Made increasingly hard by the tyre labelling. The test criteria for the labelling varies massively. A good example of this is as follows. The wet breaking test for Summer tyres. This can be conducted by a manufacturer in a temperature range from 40 - 15 degrees centigrade. Some manufacturers will opt to test in Hot conditions others will test in more temperate conditions, this will then make it impossible for a consumer to determine how good or bad different tyre really is as you don't know what temperatures the tyres where tested in originally to draw a scientific comparison. On the whole the premium manufacturers tend to test around the average European summer temperature of 20 degrees. In short it's a mine field.
The only further advice I would give is buy the best brand that you can afford, the contact patch of a tyre is about the size of your hand and your going to transmit all your acceleration, braking & steering inputs in to 4 relatively small patches. So where possible try and avoid ditch finders and part worn tyres are the worst.
And that's me back off the soapbox.
It's been great to converse with such a great bunch of Audi owners. Have a fab weekend everyone.
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