Re: tire options

["Stack" <stack@cchono.com>]

If you're looking for higher treadwear don't get the re71.  I have run both
the
VR(early) and ZR(later) RE71s as well as the old re91s and all of them wore
out between 10-15k.  I think the treadwear is rated at 140.  I just keep
buying
them because of the awesome handling.  I can't compare it to the sp8k or the
AVSis, but I can say it is much better than the Yokohama 509s and the
Dunlop D40m2.  The only problems I have had with the RE71's is near the
end of its life cycle, the outer sidewall develops miniature cracks in the
rubber.  Other than the the tires are awesome.  BTW: the tires were all
used on my g60 in the 205/50/15 sizes.

Stanton
'95glx
'90g60

-----Original Message-----
From: John A. Kilpatrick <john@hypergeek.net>
To: Jetta GLX Mailing List <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Date: Friday, August 20, 1999 3:03 PM
Subject: tire options


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>Here is what I came up with.  The three tires I'm looking at are the
>AVSis, the Dunlop SP 8000s, and the Bridgestone RE71s.  Amercias tire
>doesn't even know if they can get the RE71 or what their cost is.  The
>cost listed here as TR is the tire rack cost plus the cost for America's
>Tire to install them and give me a warrenty on them.  If they can't get
>the RE71s, then I don't know what good their warrenty would do. :-)
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>So out of the three choices I have, which one do you guys out there like?
>I'm leaning towards the RE71s....
>
>AVSi
>$546.86
>TR - 420.85 w/ warrenty + America's Tire Install
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>Dunlop SP 8000
>$555.52
>TR - 507.93
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>Bridgestone RE71
>???
>TR - 462.73
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