Sean G

Does anyone have any information regarding the pros and cons of this procedure? I'd search the archives first if the search engine were working but since its not I'll just throw the question out there.<p>For those of you unfamiliar with this procedure here is a link from a tire vendor with a quick explanation: <b><a href=http://www.americastire.com/tires_tiresiping.html> Tire Siping </a></b><p>Sean<br>97 1.8Tqm<br>99.5 1.8Tqm<ul><li><a href="http://www.seansa4page.com">Sean's A4 Page</a></li></ul>

Reggie

My opinion - If it were so great the tire manufacturers would be doing it.

Sean G

That is exactly my thinking....

pdw

Tire manufacturers already do it. There called snow tires. Buy them.

stanj

INCREDIBLE tire wear. The friction must be coming from somewhere

Aalok

If you have some all season tires and you want to increase ice traction, this might be a good idea. As has been pointed out, snow tires already have a lot of sipes.<p>For dry conditions this has to result in a lot of extra tread squirm. This will cause your tires to run hotter which is generally not a good idea. I would bet that a set of siped tires would chunk pretty badly if you took them on the track. It probably doesn't help steering feel either. There is a reason why high performance tires have big solid tread blocks and why slicks have no tread (F1 excluded).<p>Driving on snow tires in the dry is no fun!

Rob

A VW faq on the water cooled page talked about this I believe...Good for traction, but the tire life is SHORT, REAL SHORT