alally
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My Baby needs new shoes, and I'd like to get a sense of what folks are using on their TDIs before deciding which brand I'll commit to. My 2000 Golf takes 195/65 R15, and the current tires are 91H. What do you guys like, and don't like in your tires? Me, I'd probably gravitate toward all-season. I am less interested in performance, although I do like good handling. I'd like a minimum of noise, and being a TDI, fuel economy is a big consideration - do low-rolling-resistance tires really save that much fuel, and do you have to sacrifice traction & handling? I live in the PNW, where it rains 9 months of the year, and we get a couple weeks of ice & snow a year on average. I'd like to spend as little as possible to get all that, of course, esp. as it has 228,000 miles on it (not that I don't expect to use all 60000 miles on whatever tires I get). Is there anyone who has had especially good results from an el-cheapo tire, like they sell at Walmart? Douglas, Falken, Kumho, Longlong? (gee, I wonder where that one's from!). Anyone care to voice thier opinions? Thanks for letting me pick y'all's brains.