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03-27-2017, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by tenspeed

Snow has been light for the last two years where I live. I did take the A7 out and I was disappointed in the handling with the Conti DWS06's. The front end plowed a good ways before the tail would come around. Could be the tires or just the way the car is. I have a pair of EuroCode sway bars in the garage waiting to be installed. Hoping to see a change when the snow falls next year.

I have the Conti DWS06's on the TTRS and they were miserable in the snow and ice. Not just bad but unsafe bad. Scale of 1-10 snow and ice performance on my various all wheel drive cars looks like this:

Michelin Pilot Super Sports on '02 TT: 1 out of 1-10 (unsurprisingly bad. I got caught by our early November snow)
Michelin Pilot Super Sports on '12 A6: 1 out of 1-10 (took it out just to see. Quattro did not help any more than the old TT Syncro system)
Continental DWS06s on TTRS: 2 out of 1-10 (took it out just to see and was underwhelmed even though expectations were very low)
Continental PureContact AS on old A6: 4 out of 1-10
Goodyear Eagle RS-A on GMC Acadia: 5 out of 1-10
Bridgestone Blizzak WS80 on '12 A6: 8 out of 1-10 (nearly unstoppable)
Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V1 on GMC Acadia: 10 out of 1-10 (100% tank mode...)

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03-27-2017, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by das2.7t

I have the Conti DWS06's on the TTRS and they were miserable in the snow and ice. Not just bad but unsafe bad.

I don't have any problem with the DWS 06's in normal snow driving this year. I have a steep driveway and they moved the car out without any fuss. If I felt that they were bad, unsafe or otherwise, I would have mounted my set of dedicated snows.

On a flat parking lot, the car would plow before the rear end broke free when I tried to rotate it in the snow. More a function of the A7 weight distribution than the type of tires. It also packed the wheels with snow which I had to remove with a snow brush handle through the spokes.

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03-27-2017, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by CHIO

buy a bmw if you want to do donuts! if you want to get donuts on a snowy day buy and audi

Words of wisdom to live by!

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03-28-2017, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by snagitseven

The OP doesn't say if he did this on snow or dry pavement. Big difference. Do it enough times on dry pavement and besides wearing the tires down, there's a fair chance he can kiss the Quattro system goodbye.

It was on snow/ice.