View Full Version : Winter is coming...
SpinEcho
November 10th, 2004, 02:32
Can't wait for my first RS6 winter! The Beast is all ready with snow tires and an appetite for frosty air... :dance:
http://www.rs6.com/gallery/data/500/1200WT_2.jpg
sturs6
November 10th, 2004, 03:22
Nice photo and great use of the gallery.
Benman
November 10th, 2004, 15:33
The Beast is alot of fun up on snowy mountain roads. Enjoy and be carefull.
Aronis
November 10th, 2004, 20:32
I put my snows on last Friday!
It's funny, with the snows the handling is as expected, not as good, but still far better than my wifes Maxima with summer tires on it LOL.....
Mike
SpinEcho
November 11th, 2004, 00:04
Yeah, my first impressions are that these snows (Dunlop M3) handle quite well, and they are 225 width. They also are LESS noisy than the SP9000's (never thought I'd say that about a snow tire - I'll have to work extra hard on destroying the SP9000's next spring, so I can switch to decent summer tires!)
gjg
November 11th, 2004, 09:50
I'll have to work extra hard on destroying the SP9000's next spring,
yep, I'm on the same boat .... noise is horrible, at higher speeds on concrete surface you don't hear anything but the damn tires ..
Aronis
November 12th, 2004, 13:51
ya, on my A6 4.2 the tires got so noisy in the summer that I actually looked forward to putting the snow tires on!
I rotated them frequently to try to help the road noise...
It was a big problem with the Pirelli's, and I guess with the Dunlops too........
Never had any bad road noise issue with my Michelin Pilot sports on my M3 even after wearing the tread down to nothing on two sets LOL.....
Mike