Re: Tires Part 2

[Martin Ziobrzynski <martin@pzi.net>]

Hi i will get my dads Jetta VR6 GLX 97
and i was wondering if the Dunlope SP9000 are good, good for driving fast, not
just fast by rally style cause ive got rally blood in me ...


mikeandcarmen wrote:

> He was probably trying to sell you Dunlop D60 A2's.  These are good all season
> performance tires.  I think they are a very good tire.  I think that they are
> the tire that VW should have used as OEM tires on the GLX.  The Pirelli's will
> give you better performance only if you drive the car hard enough to exploit
> their higher cornering limits.  The other thing to consider is that I think
> the D60 A2's are going out of production.  Some people don't like to buy a
> tire that's going out of production because you can't get the same kind if one
> is damaged later on.
>
> Michael Keith
> Pasadena, TX
> '98 Jetta GLX
> '85 Golf SCCA ITB
> >===== Original Message From jettaglx@igtc.com =====
> >Anyone have an opinion on Dunlop's?  The guy @ NTB was trying to sell me a
> >set of Dunlop D-somethingZ80's.. Are they decent?  Should I spring for the
> >Pirelli's?
> >
> >-Dave

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