KnappAttack

You can get any brand you want in a 275/40/20. I went with the GoodYear All Season sport and have run them for over 12,000 miles now and been real impressed in all conditions from snow and ice to dry and warm. Quiet and seem like there going to last a good long time.

SWelsch

I've never replaced tires with a size different than the original equipment. Am I correct in assuming the 20 inch rim will handle the 275s v the 265s that come on the car?

KnappAttack

Can handle the 275's no problem. Many of us are running a 275 wide.

10mm wider than the 265. No fitment problems at all and opens up a whole new selection than Audis limited factory sizing with 265/40/20.

SWelsch

Excellent! Many thanks

lgball

and Ordered a set of these with the Noise Canceling System. They should get installed over the weekend and I'll report back.

lgball

I couldn't get them to commit at the local Hibdon/Tires Plus that the tires they had in their warehouse were the noise canceling model, so I ended up buying through tire rack. The tires arrived in 4 days. I had them mounted and balanced and went for a drive only to discover a vibration at high speeds. I went back for a rebalance and now they are perfect. Took a short 1 hour road trip on the interstate over the weekend and they were marvelous. Quiet and smooth. The noise canceling system substantially reduced chatter over expansion joints and the like and the tires are very quiet and smooth over smooth pavement. Hit some heavy rain on the way home and they seemed to be very good at avoiding hydroplaning. So far, very impressed. My car is now as quiet as any car I've ever owned.

MP4.2+6.0

+2 on this. The 20" sizing on the D3 A8 was 275/35 20 on the same 20x9 wheel as the D4. If anything, lower aspect ratio fitments like the D3--35's on the D3 vs. 40's on the D4--are the ones that are a bigger challenge for wheel widths.

Same thing was also found BTW on D3 S8's with 265's--265/35 for them was kind of a dead end, minimal choice tire size and various owners migrated to the 275's there too with the same greater availability of different brands and better pricing in general.

Back on OP's question BTW, I saw a reference by Audi to some quieter tire/wheel technology involving the D4 W12 some months ago, so this Pirelli tire is probably it.

Audis or VWs 4Life

My prior experience with the P-zero nero's are while they're "all season tires" they are more on the sport side of all season tires. IE closer to being a summer tire then one you'd really use lets say in a snow storm. You can use them in snow but you have to be pretty careful. Obviously if heavy snow is not part of your normal equation then you're all set.

MP4.2+6.0

FWIW there are "two" versions of the P Zero Nero A/S's if you look carefully at the pictures on TireRack. Confusing. One is really just a summer pattern with maybe lower temp rubber. Had that one on my A6 4.2. Worthless in any snow, especially stopping. The other version has a fair number more sipes and traction type stuff. Doesn't strike me as a better light snow A/S like the DWS, but at least better than the "other" P Zero Nero A/S flavor.

L0U

Dws06 is what I'd buy.