Re: Dunlop SP 5000's vs Eagle GA's.

[Chuck Van Pelt <cvanpelt@aracnet.com>]

Dang, Bill. Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel. I can only assume
that you are intentionally trying to provoke a reaction from the list.

I think Kahn's tire experience is very typical of the experience that most of
us have with our Jettas. I, for one, am very interested in the experiences of
someone who has obviously put a lot of thought and energy into formulating
their opinion on tires. Frankly, I don't think anyone here regards themselves
as a "performance expert", and I don't subscribe to this list expecting as
much.

Unfortunately, we can't all have the "tire chunking" experience that you have.
If this list is not up to your level of tire expertise, I suggest you
unsubscribe. Otherwise, you might try explaining your difference of opinion
rather than shoving it down our throats.

Regards,

Chuck "never chunked a tire" Van Pelt

Bill Hussey wrote:

> Khan Klatt wrote:
>
> > (although I am convinced that AWD is the best-- otherwise, why did
> > BMW put their AWD into the X5 if RWD is so superior?).
>
> Because it's an offroad vehicle you moronic twit!!!
>
> Your write up up your new tires sux ass.  You sound like some highschool
> punk that's trying to sound like he knows what performance is but has no
> clue whatsoever.  Back to this AWD shit again, not you, nor anyone else on
> this list ever explained just how AWD is better, a bunch of you said it
> was, but never came up with a reason.
>
> I still can't get over the fact that you put down a set of tires because
> you couldn't acclerate hard on a hill ... I still want to belive that's all
> just some pathetic joke, but alas ... it's not.  If you really knew what
> you were talking about ... trivial shit like whether or not your FRONT
> WHEEL DRIVE car is able to accelerate hard, from a full stop, up a hill,
> would be just that ... trivial!
>
> Since we're back on the "Do GA's suck?" and "AWD is da bomb!" threads, I'll
> add something about the GA's.  On an all day Connecticut backroad ride with
> a friend I'm trying to sell the car to, I boiled the front tires.  I've
> never quite seen that before, I've chunked plenty of tires on plenty of
> different cars in the past, but I've never seen 'em boil.  To be honest
> though, after waiting a few minutes for them to cool, the boiling stopped
> and the "skin" that formed got ground off within another 2 miles or so.
> Unfortunately however, when it was all said and done, upon close inspection
> of the tire, there was a blister (bubble) in the sidewall .... oh well,
> they're still decent rubber for the car.
>
> Bill
> '98 GLX