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- From: battan@sequent.com (Jim Battan)
- Subject: Re: goodyear eagle ga's vs gt+4 revisited
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 06:54:43 GMT
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- In article <Jan25.063126.22972@engr.washington.edu> eliot@engr.washington.edu (eliot) writes:
- >would those of you who have goodyear eagle ga's care to comment on its
- >wet performance?
-
- I have 'em in 215/60VR15 on a Lexus Coupe. They are quiet (yes, that's
- the first thing that comes to mind), pretty sticky in the dry and
- wet, but absolutely terrible in the snow. I push them pretty hard
- and have only seriously broken them loose laterally once in the dry
- (around a corner at about 40 mph with four in the car). The car's
- traction control usually kicks in before I can cause acceleration-
- induced lateral skids. I find that the car tracks ruts much more
- than my Accord; I attribute this somewhat to the GA's.
-
- > also, are they M+S rated?
-
- Nope.
-
- >a more general question: does M+S mean the same thing as "all-season"
- >or is one the subset of the other?
-
- I'm sure it depends on the mfgr. My guess is Goodyear's M+S has
- different uses from their GT+4.
-
- >tire rack has a really wierd ad out for the eagle ga. there are two
- >prices for 215/60VR15's.. $93 and $122 (or something like that).
-
- I've only seen them in the $120 range. I'd stay away from the $93
- variety (maybe HR rated?).
-
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