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Hi all,

I know the Sport A2 is one of the favorite tires in this newsgroup, but I
see that there are sufficient feedbacks at Tirerack that claimed it is a
fast wearing tire. A tire with UTQG of 420 shouldn't be that fast wearing.

Any comment?

"redeyedevil" <redeyedevilREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I know the Sport A2 is one of the favorite tires in this newsgroup, but I
> see that there are sufficient feedbacks at Tirerack that claimed it is a
> fast wearing tire. A tire with UTQG of 420 shouldn't be that fast
wearing.

You get better traction at the expense of shorter treadlife. There's always
a tradeoff. If you'd rather have longer treadlife and poor grip, stick with
the Michelins.

Cheers,

Pete

"Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message >
> You get better traction at the expense of shorter treadlife. There's
always
> a tradeoff. If you'd rather have longer treadlife and poor grip, stick
with
> the Michelins.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
>

Yes, I know what you are saying, but UTQG of 420 *should* indicate a fairly
durable tire. My current set of Yokohama has an UTQG of 160 and has lasted
40k miles. Feedbacks on Tirerack and Epinions showed sufficient number of
people wearing out their A2's in less than 20k. We may very well be talking
about different driving pattern, but one has yet praise about the longevity
of the A2. If 20k or 30k is all I'm going to get I'm mind as well get
another set of Yokohama. [long story why I'm not...]

"redeyedevil" <redeyedevilREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, I know what you are saying, but UTQG of 420 *should* indicate a
fairly
> durable tire. My current set of Yokohama has an UTQG of 160 and has
lasted
> 40k miles. Feedbacks on Tirerack and Epinions showed sufficient number of
> people wearing out their A2's in less than 20k.

Given that the A2s come with a 50K mile warranty, I find it strange that
people wear them out in less than 20K, unless they drive them at the track.

what you buy is what you get. "Sport" tires are supposed to wear out faster,
'cause this behavior is by the design.

"redeyedevil" <redeyedevilREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message >
> > You get better traction at the expense of shorter treadlife. There's
> always
> > a tradeoff. If you'd rather have longer treadlife and poor grip, stick
> with
> > the Michelins.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
>
> Yes, I know what you are saying, but UTQG of 420 *should* indicate a
fairly
> durable tire. My current set of Yokohama has an UTQG of 160 and has
lasted
> 40k miles. Feedbacks on Tirerack and Epinions showed sufficient number of
> people wearing out their A2's in less than 20k. We may very well be
talking
> about different driving pattern, but one has yet praise about the
longevity
> of the A2. If 20k or 30k is all I'm going to get I'm mind as well get
> another set of Yokohama. [long story why I'm not...]
>
>

In article <YAKlb.1767$I04.319@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.n et>,
redeyedevilREMOVE@hotmail.com says...
>Hi all,
>I know the Sport A2 is one of the favorite tires in this newsgroup, but I
>see that there are sufficient feedbacks at Tirerack that claimed it is a
>fast wearing tire. A tire with UTQG of 420 shouldn't be that fast wearing.

Define fast wearing? How many miles? Was the wear even?
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Alex