Anjoe

Hi All,

Time for new sneakers. One of the Pirelli P6's just went flat. So it seems like a good time to get rid of the slippery Florsheims and get some good running shoes.

Here's my question. Ultrahigh performance all-seasons or max performance summer? I'm a fairly casual driver, just hate the feeling that the P6's are going to let go on those on ramps when I'm feeling frisky. Living in the Bay area the temp. rarely goes below 40 degs. These will be my year round tires. Anyone in the Bay area running summer tires all year?

I'm thinking of the Goodyear F1, Michelin Pilot Sport A/S, or Pirelli PZero Nero M&S.

I'd be most grateful for any feedback. I poked around in the search forums, but I thought I'd see what you good guys and gals in the Bay area think.

Steve

danny2.0t

~my 2 cents~ if you go with pirelli i would also suggest pirelli eufori run flat or pzero rosso

Silver_Patrone

No problems,

last few sets All Ultra Perf tires- 3 differant Audis-

Michelin pilots 225 45 17
Dunlop sp9090 235 45 17
Goodyear F1 235 40 18
Michelin Primacys 225 45 17
Goodyear F1s 225 40 18s

currently Michelins PS2s 225 40 18

April

anyway), I am extra cautious about shady cool hollows that might hide icy patches, but no problem thus far.

My Toyo T1R have been quite nice on the track and street.

bbbradley

They don't do anything very well, they are adequate to mediocre at just about everything though; a performance car should have performance tires. The only time I buy A/S tires is when they come on a new car, at the first chance to replace them they are gone.

For the few times the temps drop below 40 you'll be fine with summer rubber, though you do need to be a bit more careful driving on them as their grip will be diminished until they get up to temp.

I run Toyo T1S (new version is T1R and supposedly solves some of the T1S shortcomings) on my Miata and have been happy with them for a high-performance street tire. If you're really looking for some stick see if the Azenis 615 comes in A3 friendly sizes. They are a very fun tire! )

/bill

eltonsi

Two thumbs up, great if you are looking for high performance tires.

BadRat

I'm running my first set of Pilot Sport A/S tires and they're perfomed admirably in the rain. Granted, we haven't had much in San Diego this year.

Good luck!

finch

seems like a no brainer unless you use the car for the mountains

A3Q-dsg

If you are not going to use them on snow then get summer tires. I have the 18" wheels options and the Pirelli PZero. As you know we had a LOT of rain this year and the PZero's performance on the wet was exceptional.

If you are going to drive on snow then get four steel wheels with real snow tires from Tire-Rack....

SlvrA3

Got the new shoes together with a set of BBS CH 18s. They are highly rated on TireRack and appear to have sufficiently good wet traction.

Since I doubt I'll be taking my A3 2.0T up to Tahoe frequently during winter, I decided against M&S all seasons. While all seasons have improved over the years, I agree that they are still a noticeable compromise when it comes to dry handling.