I have a broken belt in one of my A6 Quattro. Other tires have 8mm tread
remaining. Can I get away with buying only one tire? Or do I have to buy
two or four?

How much tread difference is needed to cause problems with the diffrentials
on a Quattro?

 

"Jay Somerset" <jay@no-fixed-abode.com> wrote in message
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> I have a broken belt in one of my A6 Quattro. Other tires have 8mm tread
> remaining. Can I get away with buying only one tire? Or do I have to buy
> two or four?

I'd order just 1 from TireRack, but ask them to shave off a couple of mm
before they ship it.

Cheers,

Pete

 

In article <bq8cbv$bjr$1@news.onet.pl>, Pete <escape2music@hotmail.com>
writes
>
>"Jay Somerset" <jay@no-fixed-abode.com> wrote in message
>news:i58fsvc80m3hmnfkn82at9j9hgi8fkfh82@4ax.com.. .
>> I have a broken belt in one of my A6 Quattro. Other tires have 8mm tread
>> remaining. Can I get away with buying only one tire? Or do I have to buy
>> two or four?
>
>I'd order just 1 from TireRack, but ask them to shave off a couple of mm
>before they ship it.

LOL, hey Victor, lets see if that new Remington can cope with vulcanised
rubber!
--
Toby

 

"Toby Groves" <news@iconia.org.uk> wrote in message >
> LOL, hey Victor, lets see if that new Remington can cope with vulcanised
> rubber!

LOL! I was actually serious though. I know they shave and heat-cycle track
tires for customers, so I'm sure they could do it for a street tire, too.
Just have to make sure it's the exact tire model as the other 3 he has on
the car.

Cheers,

Pete

 

"Toby Groves" <news@iconia.org.uk> wrote in message
news:1JUOLvAYa8x$EwKb@iconia.org.uk...
> In article <bq8cbv$bjr$1@news.onet.pl>, Pete <escape2music@hotmail.com>
> writes
> >
> >"Jay Somerset" <jay@no-fixed-abode.com> wrote in message
> > >
> >I'd order just 1 from TireRack, but ask them to shave off a couple of mm
> >before they ship it.
>
> LOL, hey Victor, lets see if that new Remington can cope with vulcanised
> rubber!
> --
> Toby

Pete's suggestion was NOT meant as a joke. Consider this as a learning
experience!!.

 

better yet send them the old tyre and have some more rubber stuck on........

"Tony" <tshimi@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Toby Groves" <news@iconia.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:1JUOLvAYa8x$EwKb@iconia.org.uk...
> > In article <bq8cbv$bjr$1@news.onet.pl>, Pete <escape2music@hotmail.com>
> > writes
> > >
> > >"Jay Somerset" <jay@no-fixed-abode.com> wrote in message
> > > >
> > >I'd order just 1 from TireRack, but ask them to shave off a couple of
mm
> > >before they ship it.
> >
> > LOL, hey Victor, lets see if that new Remington can cope with vulcanised
> > rubber!
> > --
> > Toby
>
> Pete's suggestion was NOT meant as a joke. Consider this as a learning
> experience!!.
>
>

 

Shave your tires??

Jesus guys, why would you pay for a new tire to immeadiately take a couple
of thousand miles OFF its life!!

This is an Audi NOT a Volvo 4wd. Volvos you DEFINATELY have to change in
pairs. The Audi Quatro system automatically compensates for different tire
dimensions when you change tires.

John
A6Q 2.8 (UK)

 

"John" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:<hrCyb.439$KF3.61030@newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net>...
> Shave your tires??
>
> Jesus guys, why would you pay for a new tire to immediately take a couple
> of thousand miles OFF its life!!

The previous remark was largely satire, but not completely without
merit.

Tire shaving is a common practice for competition tires and Tire Rack
is one of (if not *the*) the first commercial operations to make it
widely available to anyone who wants to pay a few bucks for the
service. In this case, it would effectively 'match' the tire with the
remaining worn tires.

Tread squirm adversely influences handling, so autocrossers and a few
track junkies will have the 'excess' shaved off. I always thought the
old Bridgestone commercials demonstrating how *worn* tires handled as
well as brand new ones were hilarious. Well, DUH! If it's on dry
pavement, they handle *better*! Every *true* autocrosser I know looks
at a set of 'bald' tires and, instead of thinking: "Needs new tires,"
thinks: "Ahhh! Competition depth!"
--
C.R. Krieger
Been there; done that