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RE: Best Rain autox/street tire?

To: "'Mark J. Andy'" <marka@telerama.com>,
Subject: RE: Best Rain autox/street tire?
From: "Mohler, Jeff" <jeff.mohler@wilcom.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:17:59 -0500
I used the Yok. A032Rs last year, worked great in the rain..and snow. 

It snowed at our Mckamey last march *heh*

Just ate thru deep puddles.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark J. Andy [SMTP:marka@telerama.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 10:00 AM
> To:   autox mailing list
> Subject:      Best Rain autox/street tire?
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> I'm in need of street tires for the neon and would like to get some summer
> only tires that will be suitable for heavy rain use in autox.  I care
> about stuff in the following order:
> 
> 1st) Good rain tire for autox
> 2nd) At least 10k miles of street wear (with race alignment)
> 3rd) Street performance
> 
> Again, this is on a neon with stock wheels, so anything that isn't sold in
> 14" sizes doesn't help.  Stock tire size is 185/65-14, can go up to 205 in
> width.  Want to keep speedo at least close.
> 
> I've only seen one tire that seems to meet the bill:
> 
> Yokohama AVS Intermediate.  205/60-14 ($72)
> 
> Are there any others?  I saw an RE-71 195/55-14, but that seems narrower
> and would definately negatively affect the speedo...
> 
> The tire has to be workable on the street, so I don't know if the 'dirt
> stocker' I've heard about would do that or not...
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark
> (tell me again how non-race tires are good?  You'd have to reclass based
> on tire availability for smaller rims...)

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