RE: Tires...

[Tim Irwin <timi@Interlinq.com>]

Officially the SP9000 is the replacement. In Tire Rack testing, the 9000 had
better wet performance (the 8000 isn't bad), and likely better tread life,
but wasn't quite as quick around the track.

Tim Irwin
'98 Jetta GLX
http://www.members.cascade.org/~tjirwin/tim.htm


-----Original Message-----
From: John A. Kilpatrick [mailto:john@hypergeek.net]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 3:33 PM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: Re: Tires...


On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Khan Klatt wrote:

> Therefore, the SP8000's are stickier tires, but they're not all 
> season. Living in the NorthWet, I decided the benefits of the SP5000 
> in the rain outweighed the loss of stickiness that the SP8000's are 
> apparently better for.

Hmm...but you were told that the 5000s are a replacement for the 8000s?
If the 8000s are going away, is there a true summer tire to replace them?

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