Audi Tires

Initial Review, 8,500 Miles on Tires
March 17, 2013

I bought these Continental tires so I wouldn't have to put on my dedicated snow tires every year. They have been awesome with this winters above average snow fall. They go, stop, and corner as well as my snow tires. Granted as the tread wears, they won't be as good in the snow, but that's why I still have my snow tires sitting in the garage waiting for action. These tires look great on my Audi and although they don't match the OEM summer Dunlops ability to make the car feel like it's riding on rails when cornering, the Continentals are far superior for Iowa's climate.

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
March 16, 2013

Wish i had ripped the OEM tires off from the start. These tires are so good that it took me a week to get used to the responsiveness of the new tires. Exceptional dry and wet - good but not exceptional in snow and on ice.

Initial Review, 12,000 Miles on Tires
March 15, 2013

So far so good, will update when I see exactly how many miles I get but have really enjoyed these so far. Between these tires and the quatro drive I've never been able to break them loose (ok we won't talk about overcooking it into a corner and then they were progressive in their break away and easy to recover). Reasonably quite and smooth on the rough southern Ca freeways I tend to be on, I'd recommend these to anyone.

Initial Review, 4,000 Miles on Tires
March 12, 2013

I bought these tires 4,000 miles ago for my Audi A6. They are awesome in all conditions: muddy country roads, deep snow, heavy rain and dry. Lincoln got 8" of snow overnight this past weekend. It was a delight to drive. Acceleration on deep snow and the handling out performed the big SUV's. On dry roads, the handling is aggressive.

I will buy these again. I recommend that you do too.

Initial Review, 10,000 Miles on Tires
March 09, 2013

I'm a Michelin guy, but just couldn't bring myself to pay $1600+ for a pavement pounding SUV. Based on the raving reviews the Pirelli Verde received, I decided to give them a try. After all, they were over $500 cheaper than the Michelins. I've only put 10k on them so far, but man- what an impressive tire. Ride quality, road feel, and noise were all noticeably improved. They're even handsome tires to look at! Good mileage so far...I'm sold.

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
January 05, 2013

The A4 is my take it easy, every day driver, but sometimes I hit the twisties pretty hard. The Primacy is the perfect tire for this use. Day in and day out, it's easy to forget about the tires because they are smooth and quiet, and they simply do their job. When I push it over the mountain roads, this tire isn't as good as the Pilot Sports I replaced, but it's much better as a daily driver with much less noise.
We don't get a lot of snow, but it's been pretty good on slick roads. The Quattro system is outstanding, but it's still the tire that does the work on these roads and the Primacy performs very well.
Given the way we use this car, the Primacy was the perfect pick.

Initial Review, 30,000 Miles on Tires
February 28, 2013

These were the OEM tires on my car on the 19" wheels. I am shocked at how well they've worn. Outstanding grip, especially when warm. I wish they were a little less but for the money I have to admit they're darn good. I got 30000 miles of usage out them which includes commuting, blasting up and down the freeway, plenty of hard cornering, and some serious mountain road driving.

Initial Review, 2,000 Miles on Tires
February 27, 2013

This is a great tire. Just drove 100+ miles in heavy snow and freezing rain and I am very impressed. These are not snow tires, but they provided oustanding traction. They are also very quiet, good in rain, and fun to drive in the dry. Not sure if they will reduce fuel consumption, but I will find out after I get some more miles on them. Pirelli has a winner here.

Initial Review, 50 Miles on Tires
February 14, 2013

I finally replaced my OEM Bridgestone Potenza RE050A to these after tons of research. I was considering Micherin PS2 A/S, Bridestone Turanza /w serenity plus. I decided to try most recent technology from American company.

I do hard cornering and enjoy grip driving so I do understand Potenza's limit. This one has better steering response than Potenza which is max performance summer tire. However, comfort and noise level is somewhat worse than Pirelli P6 A/S and same as Potenza RE050A.

I will update this review after break-in.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
February 17, 2013

For many years I used Bridgestone Blizzaks, which perform very well in ice and snow. But for my new all-wheel drive Audi, I wanted winter tires that handled better on dry pavement. The Michelin Xi3 was said to almost equal the Blizzaks on ice and snow but be less "squishy" on dry and wet pavement, so I went with the Michelin.

Shortly after mounting them I drove to the NH White Mountains and took part in a winter driving school. For two days I practiced slalom and skid-pad maneuvers on ice and packed snow. The Michelins were exemplary here, and the instructors were very impressed. While other cars (mostly AWD Audis) were sliding into snowbanks left and right, my allroad with the Michelins stayed in control, accelerated and braked very well.

The claimed performance on dry roads was also seen - unlike the Blizzaks, the Michelins don't howl and they felt very much like good all-season tires on dry pavement, with a confident feeling. Very impressive.

Initial Review, 8,000 Miles on Tires
February 10, 2013

Vehicle specs called for 205/55R16, but they were out of stock, so I went with 215's and the decision has been a good one. We've been driving on these for several months now through a variety of weather condition. We live in Germany and we deal with a lot of wet weather and extreme winters. The tires have done excellent, and the LRR is worth the purchase! Definitely worth the quiet ride, and they do great at autobahn speeds. Now if we can just get the shipping costs down for the next purchase :-/ One can hope, right?

Initial Review, 2,650 Miles on Tires
February 05, 2013

Had the studded version mounted in Kirkland, WA, then drove to Anchorage. On dry/bare pavement they make some noise, but they're studded snow tires so that's expected. On dry/clear pavement until Prince George, BC, and it's was snow & ice from there to Anchorage. Once into full winter conditions these tires came into they're own. Top notch deep snow traction, and great ice traction. -51F in Tok, Alaska, and the tires were great. Driving 60-70mph on hard packed snow these tires felt very secure. Glare ice was no problem. I would recommend the General Altimax Arctic to anyone shopping Nokian's. Within a fraction of the studded Hakka's performance, but nearly half the price.

Initial Review, 33,000 Miles on Tires
January 11, 2013

Unlike other reviews, i found these tires to be pretty good and i constantly drive 70+ mph, sometimes hitting triple digits and found that the faster i go the more grounded i felt. Good cornering on dry and wet roads, decent thread wear. I put on over 30k and found the tires to have sufficient thread left but the traction definitely has diminished after about 15k miles. My only issue with these tires is their supposively snow traction, which is almost non-existent.

Initial Review, 400 Miles on Tires
December 29, 2012

I recently came back from a deployment and I needed new tires badly. The old ones were on the verge of dry rot. I needed a good tire due to living in Southern Georgia you have to be able to run on some highways and some city areas like the ATL, Savannah, and Augusta. Also it rains a great deal so exceptional tires are needed in GA. I have had them for less than a month now and I am very pleased with them. I went to visit my sister for Christmas and I had to drive through a pretty heavy rain storm for at least 2 hours of the 4 hour plus drive on HWY 16. These tires hug the road great. During that ride I was going b/t 75 to 80 MPH on the highway and had total control of the wet HWY. They cut through wet roads;) Huge difference from my old tires. My car is an AWD so with these tires you can definitely feel the control of the road. I am very happy with these tires.

Initial Review, 500 Miles on Tires
January 03, 2013

Purchased minus size 205/55-16 for my wife's GTI. Previous experience with several Nokian Hakkapeliitta's, Bridgestone Blizzaks, Conti TS-740's, Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice, Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice WRT, Pirelli Winter 210's on four Audi Quattros: 5000 CS, V8, S6 and allroad so going to a front wheel drive after 25 years of Quattros I was looking for the best all around stud-less snow and I feel with the limited drive time I've had in 20 some inches of new snow that I made a wise/good choice.

Initial Review, 33,000 Miles on Tires
January 27, 2013

I put a lot of miles on my car for work so I was looking for an all season tire when I needed to replace the performance tires that came with the car. The oem tires were very worn around 10,000 miles. I've previously owned cars that came with Continental tires and never had the best impression of them. Given the few choices of all season tires available in this size I went with the Michelin. I'm happy to have gotten 33,000 miles out of these tires. I just purchased a second set of four. If the oem tire was a 10 in terms of performance I'd rate these an 8-9. Given how long they last and how often I'm in traffic instead of driving a curvy back road I think it's a good trade off. Would definitely buy again.

Initial Review, 5,000 Miles on Tires
January 29, 2013

This tire was good for street use, and even a spirited drive. However, this tire is terrible for a weekend track event use, as it just simply can't handle the heat. They will chunk out significant rubber on the outer shoulder block, you can count on it, has happened to all 4 of my tires, so I imagine it happens to all of them. I got warranty on 2 of the tires (where it first happened) from Continental, but the cost of labor makes it ineffective to keep changing them out. I thought it might have been a defect in just one or two of the tires, but it ended being every single one of them. It seems tire rubber chunking is a known defect for this tire if you drive them hard. They should be categorized as High Performance at most, definitely not ultra or max.