Tires - H or T

I needed Touring Tires, not Performance tires

I went through this exact same drill a couple of months ago. I have the 17" Long Beach wheels. I had Dunlop 901 S tires then. Miserable. Rode like crap. Noisy. Lousy tread life.

Went to Yokohama Avid T4's 215-50-17 T rated. Problem solved. Ride much better, quiet, at $98. ea. pretty good deal. Tread life is 70,000 mi. Handling is not as crisp as the Dunlops but still plenty good for me. The Yoko's came highly recommended. I'm happy....

jck66 said:

What does it say in the owner's manual? Use the spec from there!

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Who cares? The owner's manual also says not to use Biodiesel, and I'm sure VW would frown upon chipping, upgrading your oil cooler, adding a fuel cooler, swapping the 3L washer fluid reservoir for the 5.5L one, doing a ventectomy, adding the extra brake lights, etc. etc. etc.

"Because VW says so" is a non-argument.

Ah, but would you consider biodiesel, chipping, adding extra cooling capacity, etc. a "downgrade" or an "upgrade"?

The original poster was asking what people thought about DOWNGRADING his tire spec. I think it's dumb, but it's also not my car.