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I use cooper sportmaster, they came mounted and balanced on my 8 spokes from Real source. They seem an ok tire. I recall an article in VWTrends a few years back, written by Pirelli, that explained tire science and size difference. Perhaps their web site might offer insight to treadwear ratings, size interchangeability, etc Joe Williams 67 square ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Wodkowski" <wodkowski@mac.com> To: "Type3" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Steel Belted Radial 165R15 Tires > on 10/4/01 9:04 PM, Russ Wolfe at russella@prairieinet.net wrote: > > > On Thursday 04 October 2001 19:11, Hanson,Todd wrote: > >> What other brands of 165-R-15 tires are folks using? Where do you buy them > >> and what do they cost? Thanks. > > > > I am using Cooper 165-R-15 Cooper's. I am getting very good tread wear for > > the type of driving I do. They are steel belted radials with a wear rating of > > 400. They are an all season tire, and do give me fairly good traction in > > snow. I do get some wandering in strong cross winds. > Are those "Sportmasters"? Can you give us a bit more info as to what wear > rating means? > -- > Mike Wodkowski > 72 SQBK > Brooklyn > wodkowski@mac.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe >