Who's running What??

[Bug@5speed(US)]

I recently had some good success, with AVON Tech R, which as the name implies is a R compound slick racing tire..

I ran them on my DD for a weekend HPDE.. really liked them.. was not able to exploit them as the stock suspension did not really let me push as hard as I would have liked.. But if you do push them past their sticking point they were not as progressive as a street tire.. so you have to pay attention.. But as far as wear they were good, and they heated up pretty quick with the 3 series I was driving..

As you can expect the traction limits are much higher than street tires..
Hope that helps.
Alex

[Humble]

From what I've found on the beetle is that you can expect longer life from tires because of it's light weight. Even sticky compounds that would otherwise wear very quickly, the bug is relatively easy on them, assuming you have done a 4 wheel alignment and you're not running crazy camber.