Looking for new tires for my 06 A3 and I'm thinking of getting something else besides Pirelli's. If anyone has experiences with other tires good and bad please share. I just want to gather as much info as I can before I go out and buy new rubbers.
Thanks.

 

All Season's, I like Bridgestone RE960's.

Summer, Yokohama S.Drive's.

 

I replaced the all-season Pirellis with high performance summer Kumho Ecsta Sports. Much happier! I do live in Southern California They are great in the city, and on the long road.

 

I have Goodyear Eagle ResponsEdge Tires on mine. 225-45Z-17, 91Y. Pretty happy with the preformance so far.

 

I have Yokohama Advan S4's on my 08 (had a blowout w/ 1 pirelli so I replaced them all) and they are MUCH quieter and have much better wet and dry traction. I think it was about 800 after installation.

 

I have Toyo T1-R's as summer (+3 season) tires. Nice and sticky, but known to get noisy as the tread wears (but nothing like the Pirelli P6!). I still have one more year of tread life, so premature to replace. I plan to get Michelin Pilot Exalto PE-2's to replace them next spring.

 

I had these on the TT, 1 good thing is they won't blow out easy. My insides wore out and it just unraveled a bit so I knew i was messed up. Other tires in the past just blew out.

 

A much wider survey can be done at tirerack.com. Put in your car and tire type and looks thru the list and read what everyone says. If you use the A4 as a model you get even more choices. Last I looked there was a Continental brand that looked real good for All Season use.

 

all of you guys had different tires than mine came with. my A3 came with allseason continental contisport contact tires and still going fine at almost 19k, performance wise, eh

 

bridgestone potenza G009's you wont regret it