Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 21:29:42 +0200 From: "JP Roberts" <1234nospamo.com> Subject: Re: Cost of repair Audi BMW Saab...(crossposting)
> > But you will need to replace the rear ones much more often, if you enjoy > > spirited driving on winding roads, that is. We all know it is winding > roads > > that are good fun. > > And the front-driver SAABs (and Audis, for that matter) will have to > have their front tires replaced more often than their rears. Even. Well, Floyd, my argument does not hold true for your 330xi, but the point is that RWD will render their rear tyres unusable much faster than Quattro will render either front or rear or both, that's simply because any burst of acceleration is evenly distributed. You know the worst for tyre life is drift spinning, and that's the only thing I envy from those driving BMW RWDs. Of course I must concede RWD on the dry is way better fun than either FWD or Quattro. > > I have a set of fully dedicated winter Vredesteins to be able to enjoy my > > quattro in the winter, and a set of Sport Contact 2 that my car is already > > "wearing" now. > > And I have a set of Michelin Pilot Alpines for my 330xi for winter. > A guy in an S4, parked next to me last winter, said he almost didn't > make it up the ski hill's road. I said: "get rid of the PZeros." He certainly wouldn't if he'd been driving an RWD. JP Roberts
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