Honestly the Michelin pilot sport as4 is a better “summer tire” in many ways than the Hankook summer tires that come stock on these.
When I switched to Michelins the tire blowouts mostly stopped.
I have the Hankooks, they seem to perform well in summer conditions. I have no previous experience with any other tire on the R to compare them to.
I'm in the Boston area and downsized to 18" Pretorias and Michelin Pilot Sport AS tires. Far less jarring when hitting potholes, no wheel damage yet, and the ride is smoother as well.
I have used a Meyle HD front end kit on one of my Phaetons and it seemed like good quality control arms.
For tires, I'm running Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4's year-round and they have been exceptional.
I run Lucas 5w40, it’s more about doing oil changes more often rather than anything else. VW doesn’t have any special materials in the block or heads, it’s just cast iron and aluminum no different than any other.
The only other good thing from this visit is that they measured the brake pad thickness which confirmed that I need to replace the pads soon. We are currently at 59k and the rears are in the red at 3mm while the front was at 5mm.
Mine has done this on my '23 Arteon a couple of times. Mine has even went so far as not wanting to start with the start button! Acted like the starter was dead.
My Jetta was great until it hit the 135,000 mark. And then my high pressure fuel pump exploded sending shrapnel throughout the entire engine.
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